She Beckons .....

The storm outside and within me yell
My child wants me her story to tell
A tale of how I was pushed through hell
Before they ruthlessly rung her death bell
The storm within me gradually peaks
Someone deep within screams and shrieks
Is that my child or her dead mother in me
I search deep within struggling to see
Looming dark sky reflects my gloom
Watching as my numb pain I exhume
I remember how she had been a part of me
Why couldn’t that way they just let us be
My pleas he pretended not to hear
She would be a burden – was his fear
That day I was not allowed to mourn
My bereavement I had silently borne
But today she knows her mom is free
To shed tears each night in her memory
Even in slumber I just dream of her
Her memories cloud with wondrous force
Along comes my lingering remorse
That day she was too weak to fight
Why hadn’t I fought with all my might
Suffocated by my pain - the sky pours out in rain
She smiles from the clouds - beckons again