Good Bye Beautiful Mother

Good bye hyacinth,
satin skin,
cheekbones wide as Asia
that made you look like Kwan Yin
though you drove yourself
without mercy,
good bye amber eyes,
graceful fingers
always moving,
working, sewing,
stitching through the air
a week before your death
embroidering your funeral dress,
good bye fertile navel that grew me,
soft belly that held me,
yoni that opened to accept my seed,
how you tried to hold me,
control me,
how I struggled to define myself
against what you thought was real,
you were the crucible that made me,
hot as fire,
true as steel,
beautiful mother,
good bye ferocious pride,
good bye vanilla pudding pie,
feet size 5,
staccato laugh,
good bye humming bird, good bye.