Mother Sits Downstairs Alone
By: Janet Strangis | Dowlais Visual Art Group
Mother sits downstairs
Alone.
I hear her silent tears
And know her thoughts,
Her mind,
Many miles away.
The letters arrive,
All too few.
Obliterating
Their words,
Their lives.
Telegrams come and we sit
And we wait.
And we thank God,
If there is a God...
We are not alone,
There is no comfort in numbers.
We smile our empty smiles.
Days drift into weeks,
Drift into months,
Drift into years.
And mother sits downstairs
Alone.
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Pack up your troubles / It's a long way to Tipperary
Blaenau Gwent Rhythm & Ukes
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