You Shook up the World

1922
You shook up the world
You blessed this world
1989
I came to the world
You became my world
Raised me
With grace
Acceptance
Admiration
Raised me
With purity
Heart
Love
Raised me
In awe of me
I, in awe of you
I’ll always be in awe of you
1998
We ended up on opposite ends of the world You the East I the West The West is ‘safe’
The West is now ‘home’
You are safe
You are home
My heart
My soul
My confidant
2003
I’ll never forget the day
The moment
The attempt to tell me gently
The attempt to minimize what happened
I slammed the door
Of the car
I slammed the door
On the news
I self destructed
Not to feel
I did everything
To try to mimic that love
That bond
How silly
That I thought
I could mimic such a thing
I tried whatever I could
To be ok
To stand tall
To be the woman you raised me to be
To be even half the woman you were
2016
I realized your loss
I cracked open the door
Just a little bit
And let reality reveal itself to me slowly It was anything but slow The door wide open Felt like a tornado Knocking me down But I felt it And felt it And felt it some more Until I regained my breath Until I regained myself Until I regained my bebe
2018
Today
It comes in waves
Today
I miss you always
Today
I strive to be more like you
Each day
Today
You’re on my body
As close as possible to my heart
Your necklace around my neck
Your spirit
Your being
Is my spirit
My being
Until we meet again
My angel you are
My angel you’ll always be