"My Mother", by Jack Burns

You gave me life

You gave me milk

You gave me courage

Your name was Angela

The angel from Heaven

But you were also an angel of God

And He needed you, too

Selfishly I tried to keep you here

While the cancer ate away your organs,

Like an unstoppable rebel force

But I couldn’t save you

and I shall see your face nevermore, nevermore, nevermore

Until we meet in heaven.