5 Haiku About My Mom's Death, Written On My Birthday

Sometimes I forget

my mother passed away

Death can be so strange

Sometimes I zone out

right when it's time for Kaddish

still after nine months

Kaddish is an odd bird

Ideally it's responsive -

Or not said at all

Something disappears

When the womb that birthed you dies

Something in your blood

I didn't hear them

my birthday wishes from mom

Used to be I heard