There’s a sudden vacuum
An unprepared for absence
It had to happen ,we all knew
But who expected it this soon, just now?

I feared making long trips home
At unexpected, importunate hours
But mom quit life so soon
Even before I made the first long trip.

I may lose many loved
Even bosom friends so dear
But none will I miss so much
As entirely, totally devoted mother.

Home is no more the same home
It’s charm is gone, it’s no longer so warm
Folks at home will still care
But a thin veil has dropped from above.

Mothers deliver us at birth on this earth
After sheltering us for long, heavy months
And when they leave for their eternal home
They carry a part of us as baggage.