I had a Mother 
Whose Soul  
Was Goodness and Quiet and Joy and Calm  
In its good days- 
 
I am her son still 
Long past the age  
I best remember her as-  
 
Oh Ma with all your goodness 
Where did you go?  
And where calm or no calm 
Will I go also?
Shalom Freedman
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/quiet-as-peace-calm-as-calm/