Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO MY MOTHER, by HELEN WIDOFF


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TO MY MOTHER, by                    
First Line: Visible through an avalanche of tears
Last Line: To find the lost sun that had once shone.
Subject(s): Dreams; Hallucinations And Illusions; Memory; Nightmares


Visible through an avalanche of tears,
Your vision on the horizon appears;
The veil of silence, melting away,
Bringing to life our yester-day.
Again I see your ethereal face,
Feel once more your warm embrace,
That fills my heart with ecstasy;
Your memory, forever a reality.

This mythical God, where does He dwell,
Whose legends of miracles and delayed farewell
Are carried by wind throughout the night,
Who wildly boasts the might is right;
The power of life within his hands,
To sever life's threads at His command --
The echo of prayers, to backward dart
To torment the bruised and aching heart?

Mortals clothe life in dress of tinsel,
In a symphony of the tinkling bell
Created a dream, fantastic, alluring,
To make life livable and enduring --
And christened this dream, in life's confusion,
"Happiness," in reality but an illusion,
So the spirit seeks solace, onward alone
To find the lost sun that had once shone.





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