A poignant poem for those of you who have lost your mother

I lost my mother 7 years ago. A friend sent me this poem a few days ago, and though it made me ache for my mom even more, it also reminded me that we had a lot of really, really wonderful moments together.

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母難日三題

之一 今生今世

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我最忘情的哭聲有兩次

一次， 在我生命的開始

一次，在妳生命的告終

第一次，我不會記得，是聽妳說的

第二次，妳不會曉得，我說也沒用

但兩次哭聲的中間啊

有無窮無盡的笑聲

一遍一遍又一遍

回盪了整整三十年

妳都曉得，我都記得

—余光中

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Three Poems About Birthdays

One: This Life

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I’ve cried uncontrollably twice

Once, at the beginning of my life

Once, at the end of yours

I don’t remember the first time—I’ve only heard you describe it

You would never know the second so it’s futile for me to point it out

But in between these two moments

Were endless bouts of laughter

Echoing again and again

For thirty full years

This you know, and this I remember

—Yu Kwang-chung

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