Where Do I Go Now: A Bereavement Poem for Children about Losing Your Mum.

Where Do I Go Now

Where do I go now?

I get lost every day

I wish my mum was with me

to help me find the way

Where do I go now?

I’ve been lost for a while

Right from the second Mum left

The day I lost my smile

Where do I go now?

We knew she couldn’t stay

My dad said Mum's a hero

who'd want me to be brave

Where do I go now?

I scrunch my eyes so tight

The only way to see her

but I'm blinded by the light

Where do I go now?

I see the flowers grow

and hear her watch still ticking

They obviously don’t know

Where do I go now?

The tears begin to well

but then I hear Mum calling

The room fills with her smell ...

I never ever left you

I never ever will

In everything surrounding you

See I’m with you still

In the clouds that float by

In the tears that fall

In your young and thumping heart

In your bouncing ball

In the songs we sang once

In the songs of birds

In the rising summer sun

In wind whispered words

I am with you always

Me and you as one

Don't ever wonder where to go

Go on my love

Go on ...

©2009 Mark Bird

💡 Mums are magnificent! I love my mum so much; she taught me so much about the world and all I can be. I'm 54 now and the young children I teach will often say, Mr Bird - you don't have a mum, you're too old 😃 I wrote this bereavement poem for kids and for myself to remind me what advice my mum would give me, wherever she is, whenever I need to hear her voice. Share your own bereavement poem for kids and for everyone on the blog to inspire others.