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Mom?


The screen lights up

It isn't her. 

I post a picture

She doesn't see.

Phone starts to ring

Not her voice.

I tell a story

She doesn't hear.

I look for her

She isn't close.

I go to the home

That we don't share. 

I reach for her

But she isn't there.

 

 

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