Memories flood her mind.

A son she once held she sorely misses.

His smile was a joy to her heart - now replaced by sadness and prison bars. 

Her sight dim, her body frail, his son still in jail.

Soon she'll depart into the unknown ... motherhood a faded memory - more like an unawoken nightmare ... her son shackled for decades on end.

When he was taken away, her

heart skipped, her voice screamed.

Then came plexiglass visits and calls in between.

No mother's day present'll be enough ... Her son free is all she wants. 

** Maria Roque - Edwin Rubis's mother.