Missing Mum

• Fatima Dirani, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2009

One ordinary Friday night, everything seemed to be alright
Unit I passed my mum on my way to sleep, she told me something that made me weep

What I was told was not good news, as a matter of fact I was quiet confused
A trip overseas is what she had been arranging, without my mum so many things would be changing

I was in denial and didn’t want to believe that my loving mother was going to leave
I had mixed emotions, I was overwhelmed and sad
However I knew mum wanted to go, so I should be glad

As the week went by, the day had come and for many months I wasn’t going to see my mum
As she prepared herself and packed her luggage in the car
I felt speechless, overseas just seemed too far

Waiting at the airport for mums plane, made me cry over and over again
It was an extremely difficult situation that caused me an unpleasant sensation

The time had come for her to leave the minute she was gone I began to grieve
As tears rolled down my cheeks I waved goodbye, watching the plane lift into the sky