Mama's Visit--By Lois Greene Stone--United States

Mama's Visit

You came.

Tears fell as we embraced one another.

Somehow, sustaining conversation

became a chore after a week.

Togetherness voided privacy.

Squeezing in responsibilities,

I realized I was not on vacation;

only you were.

Relieved to return to my personal

pattern, I watched your plane depart.

Then cried.

Lois Greene Stone, writer and poet, has been syndicated worldwide. Poetry and personal essays have been included in hard & soft cover book anthologies. Collections of her personal items/ photos/ memorabilia are in major museums including twelve different divisions of The Smithsonian.