Question Mark

'Don't be sad,' said my mum, 'when I die.'
So, today, when I blotted my eye,
This question-mark blot
Seemed to say such a lot:
Was it Mum who was asking me, 'Why?'

poem © Celia Warren 2012

(This blot on my tissue is untampered with except for increasing the contrast to make it more clearly visible.)