Matriarch

Mother did the best she could for me
Father wrote me a letter every week
Alone at night, I stand in my backyard
See my reflection in the stars

Where were you to take my hand?
I tried my very best to understand

Maternal sorrows pass away
I bear the weight of yesterday
Birthed from the eternal womb
Laid to ground in a frozen tomb

Silent like a story untold
At last the awful truth unfolds