In Memory of Dianna Kerestus

This poem is dedicated to my Mom who passed away when I was 9 in 1985.

My love is overflowing

For my mother who passed away

I keep on wondering to myself

Why she couldn't stay

My broken heart, my shattered dreams

Have played their tune in life

All a part of growing up

In bitterness and strife

My memories are fading fast

Where have the days gone by

All I have left is a piece of immortality

To keep my lonely tears dry

Snapshots of you in a cardboard box

Can't bring back the joy you gave

Those special days, those Christmases past

Those things cannot be saved

You're out of suffering and out of pain

But you're also out of my life

I guess I just can't accept that

Now I feel the pain of the knife

A stabbing deep into the core of my heart

I want to scream out to the world

But instead I keep it all inside

Like a frightened little girl

I think about you all the time

But life goes on without you here

Never will I forget the love you showed

Close to my heart, I hold you dear.

You're always in my heart

In everything I do

Missing you is hard

But it's something I must get through.