Death For An Appropriate Reason

This poem is for my friend whose mother died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at the age of 48 of a stroke.

The pain is finally setting in
Now that everyone's gone.
I thought that you would win
But the stroke took you away.
Its too hard without you mom
i miss you too much
Did i do something wrong?
How am i supposed to go on
Thinking these thoughts.
How long will i last?
Do you miss me as much as i miss you?
I sure as hell hope so,
because all of this is new.
I have never felt so lonely
So tired and sad.
I hope you went to the good place mom
I don't remember you being bad.
I don't want to forget you
But I'm trying to each day
It's all that i can do to ease this pain