Lost forever her first born daughter
The story of a gentle child
told the night a mother died
spited for her teenage folly
child born out of wedlock glory
lost to her forever her first born daughter
Who would know the path she’d take
the hill and valleys she’d have to tread
choices then were hard to find
men took a wife but not a child
lost to her forever her first born daughter
No forgiveness granted
the sins of the past
still vividly haunting
the life of the mother
Decades passed
Old age brought yearning
on the mother’s part
to be accepted as mother
in her daughter’s heart
Too much water had
passed under the bridge
slights imagined or real
cemented by fear,
rejection and shame
kept them apart
lost to her forever her first born daughter
Death came slowly
proaviding a space
where mother and daughter
could be rejoined again
if wills so inclined
On a cold winter’s morning
just before Christmas dawning
the mother relinquished
the hold on her life
At the church service
on Christmas Day the priest named
each child of the deceased
the first name at the top of the list
the daughter lost to her forever
a mother’s earthly yearning
granted too late
there are some that will tell you she
sighted in her grave
content in the knowledge
after sixty odd year
her firstborn was named
as her child
and daughter
Gemma Hill Writeyou Writeme 