Unfinished Journey

Her journey came suddenly to an end
this gentle woman, my mother, my friend.
This Madonna, this simple small town girl
who never knew the modern social whirl.
Whose world revolved around her family
and taught us how to live with decency.
Life’s travel faltered, her goal never reached
and Heaven’s gate with stainless soul she breached
She in my mind remains forever young
journeying home before her task was done.