Snow's Writing for 2019, 2020, & Beyond

April 5 prompt: an elegy for someone - Remembering Mama

Remembering Mama

The silent hours flow
into silent days and years.

I remember the joy in her eyes
the first time she attended
a Ridvan celebration.

I remember the delight
in her voice
when she chanted
God's Most Great Name.

Most of all
I remember her happiness
when she attended her first Nineteen-day Feast
and read a paragraph from
Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah.

Alzheimer's still her voice in 2012,
but it still echoes
through my dreams.

Poet's Note: ▶︎

Line Count: 17
Form: Free verse
Prompt: an elegy for someone or something.
Written for "Dew Drop Inn" .