M is for Mother [A Sonnet] (A-Z Challenge)

I wrote this about 7 years ago but thought I would share it with you as part of the A-Z Challenge. I tried to write it in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet. I'm sure it's nowhere near right, but it means a lot to me nonetheless. Hope you like it.

 

 

A Sonnet

Within a crowd I thought I saw your face;

Your Roman nose, your glinting eyes, your skin,

Your gait, a restless memory; a trace,

Of long lost motherhood, my flesh and kin,

As painful memories are lost in love

And longing, to be with you once again

Is all I crave; a moment from above,

A touch, a glance, communion to attain.

 

A time to heal, a bridge to build and cross

This endless gulf of space and time, and yet

To grasp and hold and feel what I have lost;

To quench my thirst and feelings of regret,

But when you looked into my face I knew;

Your vacant glance told me it was not you.