Mum Mum Mum, you're precious Mum, you're special Mum, you're missed Wish you were here Share my tears Do you know what it's like To be alone? Scared of life ~ What comes after? I don't know But you do You know You're aware Of why we're here ~ The answer to life Is in your spirit Reigning in the afterlife Can you tell me Whisper it in my dreams Show a sign, give me a vision Tell me, what is the afterlife? Is it darkness and pain Or light and love? Is there a God above? Are my prayers wasted? Does He care? Is He there? I know He is He blesses and counsels me In my time of desperation Does it matter what's going down? Mum, I love you with all my heart My affection and feelings will never end ~ Eternity? What? Where? � Elizabeth 19th November, 1991 "This poem was written after my mother's death. I was very angry at the time as those who have suffered from grief will know that anger is one of the phases you go through in overcoming loss. In this poem, I am spiritually questioning the afterlife in trying to understand why God took my mum from me at a time when I wasn't ready to let her go or had appreciated her warmth and wisdom. She died at a time when I was too wrapped up in me, my friends thinking I was invincible and my parent's didn't matter. Isn't it amazing how you don't realise what you've got until it's gone. Mum, I'm sorry, this poem is for you."