Thursday, December 20, 2007

My Mother

I never thought I'd miss my mother,
I never knew I had her to lose.

But there is a little girl
And she remembers
Chocolate chip cookies,
Spaghetti,
Lasagna,
Cooking,
Baking,
Dusting

And being awaken once a year at 6:24 to be reminded that she had just been born.