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The Lake
She walks with angels on a misty shore.
The morning is damp and cold, but she does not feel it.
As the frost smoke rises over the glassy lake, she stops, reflecting.
At that moment, a magnificent large mouth bass escapes the water, breaking the silence.
Its powerful leap sends echoing waves to the lake’s sandy edge. As they lap,lap,lap and caress her bare feet, she looks at the angels, her eyes aglow with a far off memory.
“I caught the biggest fish of my life right here. “
They laugh, “We know. Your joy soared all the way to heaven. God walked around with the biggest smile on his face all day long.”
Mother dear, now gone
you were my port,
my shelter in life’s storm.
At times, I stumble and fall
and there you are
cradling me again in your sweet arms.
Copyright©2017
Linda Lee Lyberg
Author’s Note: Today would have been my mother’s 89th birthday. Happy birthday Mom. I love you. I hope there are fishing poles and lakes in heaven and you are teaching the angels how to set a hook!
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Oooh beautiful! ((HUGS)) to you on your Mom’s birthday! ❤
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Thank you!
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This is so beautiful Linda 😊💛
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Thank you Walt. She was something else.
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I have no doubt of that. I see it in you ☺
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That’s the highest compliment you could ever pay me! 💕
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You know me well enough by now to know that my words come from my heart. 😊
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Yes, I do. 😊
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #5: Linda Lee Lyberg’s touching #haibun in tribute to her late mother.
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Thank you Frank!
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My pleasure, Linda, and my sympathy for your loss.
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Thank you. It’s been 6 years, but I still miss her greatly.
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I understand. I lost my father in 2011, and my mother in 2016.
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My mom was 2011 and my dad this year. Tough.
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Surely is.
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