My earliest memory is rather sad I watched my mother die Only memory of her I ever had Through all the tears I cry Some poems seem so hard to write Will the pain never end? Poetry to me is a spiritual fight One that I hope to win Most painful memory I can’t forget One I cannot let go It is a pain that I’ll never regret Because I love her so I don’t understand what a meter is Or if I ever will But I know that this truthful rhyme Expresses how I feel