I Will Stay

She gently caresses his face
Tracing every line and crease
How she loved this face of his
This love would never cease

Walking around the family home
She stares at where she would sit
Or where the children often played
By overwhelming sadness she was hit

Into the children's room she goes
Staring at them through misty eyes
"why did I have to go and die?"
She said through sobbing cries

Often she would visit the children
Lay down beside them as they sleep
Cuddling up close to smell them
Inside of her, her heart weeps

A presence is all she can be
For she died nine months ago
Earthbound she will remain
So she can watch her children grow

She tries to hold them close
When they cry "where's my mummy?"
And when they are feeling ill
An invisible hand strokes their tummy

Although they cannot see
She wonders if they sense her there
For sometimes they talk to her
Say no one is to sit in mummy's chair

Being still a mother to them
Makes her feel warm and nice
To have to leave them now
Would be just like dying twice