today
for a moment
my mother was here

she told me
we could go back
to the house we all lived in
years before

she knew I’d be glad
there was a shine in her eyes
as she told me

tomorrow
through the doors of dementia
she will have wandered again
leaving me here

I will know
where she’s gone
she will think I am there
with everyone gathered once more

it’s a comfort
to know she got home
but she has left me alone