Cheryl A. Miller

Little Pieces



We are here in your home

Looking at the little pieces of you… feeling lonely


As we sort and cry we ask each other

Can I keep this, do you mind?

This is a little piece of mom she left behind.



All the little pieces of who you were start to become clear

My heart is breaking for the loneliness I feel here



I feel the pains of your regrets

The remorse of expectations unmet



We will burn the little pieces that brought you pain

Cherishing the little pieces of love that remain



The little pieces will remind us of the love left untold

Thank you for the little pieces new and old



Mom, we thank you for the little pieces



~Lorraine Miller