Lowered

 

They lowered the coffin into the earth

unceremoniously with inaudible words

My mother had reached the point of departure

the church filled with family

a few friends too

No eulogy

Tears shed only by two

Twenty minutes then the final farewell

I felt nothing, emotionless

I was as cold and hard as stone

No one lingered

We left as silently as we had arrived

It was not a rite of passage or even an event

I knew I had never loved her

so it was simply another day

except she was out of the way