Inspired by Twin Tower destruction, story of a girl who lost her mum in the bombing.
It’s been a year now Mummy
Daddy said you have gone to a place called heaven, where you are protected
Maybe some day we can visit you, then we can play dress ups
I’ll be the lonely girl left in a lonely world and you can be the angel high in the sky that looks down on me
I really, really miss you Mummy, will you ever come home?
This summer I learned how to ride a bike!
I fell down a couple of times and started bleeding, but Daddy fixed me all up
Now I can even ride a bike without training wheels, maybe sometime i can show you
If you knew I could do it, I know that you would be very proud of me and want me to keep trying, but when are we allowed to visit you in heaven?
It’s been five years, Mummy
I’m in the second grade now and I’m a big girl
I have a uniform, hat, everything and I even ride the bus to school
Lot’s of people don’t like me, they steal my lunch and hurt me
What do i do Mummy, what would you do?
Another year has gone by and they still bully me
I hide in the cafeteria bins and pray that they don’t find me
I really like art, but maths is really hard for me and I don’t know what to do
I sleep in one of your favorite t-shirts, the one from when you and Dad went to Mexico
It smells a lot like you, like the early summers morning when the sun is just starting to shine
I now also sleep without a night light knowing that you are looking down on me and keeping me safe
I try not to cry but it still really hurts, I miss you Mummy
It’s been ten years now Mummy
I’ve started high school, many lockers line the paths one by one.
It’s nearly my 13th birthday and all i wish for is you
I have aced all my grades and I hope you are very proud of me
I’m also on the schools soccer team and we have made it to the finals, my position is the striker
You should of seen me Mummy, I bent it like Beckham on the field
I have also started thinking about which college I should enroll in
Do you think I can be a Doctor?
…It’s been sixty-two years now, I’m an old women
It has also been thirteen years since Dad died from cancer
He had been fighting the disease for 4 years and past away silently in his sleep
Just before he died he said that he would bring my love to you
Mummy, did he keep his promise?
My daughters and sons have come to my house for christmas
All my grandchildren are beautiful and just like you in every way
I wish you could be here to experience this feeling of family with me
The kids have opened they’re present and they’re faces are like a beacon of light
It still feels like you have died just yesterday, thats how much it still hurts
I still really miss you Mummy, will the pain ever go away?
I am getting old now and it’s not long before I come visit you in heaven
I have lost all feeling in my body and can’t see the colours of the rainbow anymore
When I get to heaven we can catch up on all the things we didn’t get to do
We will be together forever and no one will ever be able to separate us
The pain is becoming unbearable and I know I’ll be seeing you in no time
I really miss you Mummy but I won’t be very soon ……
