Things I cannot do, 2.

How to speak to your mother

Do not approach her in dreams; she may speak
but it is an inaccuracy, and you are likely to falsify.
Do not address the sky; she was scattered in the sea,
but nor will the waves talk back in their immensity.

Starman is not a true account of where she went,
but nor is any place she stood once. Living around
from the house she called home is no guarantee;
walking her streets could take you miles for nothing.

Write, instead, and lay out all her words
as if they are a conversation you control.
List some things she would definitely have said:
other people's memories are no use any more.

Start with a family saying, move on from there.
She may appear from just a comment on the colour of her hair.