MUM

MUM

I'm not sure you'll get this letter
Before Mother's Day
But it's all I have to give
To a Mum who's gone away;
You left in such a hurry
We never said good-bye
And though I think about you
All I can say is 'why'?

Why does daddy curl my hair
And fix my favourite food?
Sometimes I hear him crying
When he gets in that mood;
He tried to sew my torn dress
And make my hair in braids
We never go on picnics now
Or march in the Parades.

My dad is my everything
Since you left our home
Now it's just the two of us
And we feel so alone;
Why did you abandon me?
I'm just nine years old
I miss going shopping
With your hand to hold.

Mother's Day means nothing now
I have no mommy left
But Father's Day is everything
My daddy and myself;
I'll ask him for a stamp now
And drop this in the mail
I hope that we can talk soon
Do they have phones in jail?

"Happy Mother's Day"