Where are you now, my mother?
Was death the end you wanted,
Or does the pain of leaving
Echo still beyond the grave?

Where did you go, my mother?
My briny tears have yet to
Fill the aching void where once
Your life sang oh! so brightly.

Why did you leave, my mother?
You were taken in the night.
So many things I never
Had the chance to share with you.

Where are you now, my mother?
Did you ever know the love
I carry still but could not
Say the words to give to you?