i awaken to a day without you

to a summer with no baking

no velvet church pews and smiles

no hand holding, soft and safe

i awaken to a mother without her mother

a granddaughter who tries

attempts to fill her mothers halfway heart

that broke when you passed on

i awaken to the reality

that my mother will one day do the same

and when my daughters look to me

i hope i do not break too