A Mother's Day Poem



Through My Mom’s Eyes, I Realize, A Mother’s Truth



When I was born, tiny and red-faced

Hair-matted, crying like a kitten

She loved me, gently laid on

Her chest

Skin to skin

Heartbeat born of her heart

She hugged me tight yet light

Protectively, her hand laid over

My palm-sized head

Silent vows sung as lullabies

“You are perfect in my eyes

I guide your hand

& dry your tears.

Calm your worries

& tone down your fears.

I’ll walk with you.

Even run and jump.

Play hide ‘n’ seek.

Swallow down the lump”

The one that grows and swells and stings the back of her eyes

Salt water for a seaborne daughter, she bites back

Her pride

Her own fears she has to hide

Of letting go

Of letting on

That she’s making this up

As she goes along

This game of motherhood is new

The rewards are plenty, the instructions few

Just the biggest one

To keep me safe

From harm

From pain

From herself

She fights against her inner voice

As I grow older and walk along

A path I pave with each new day

As I grow into who she and I made

She wants to hold me tight and safe and near

That letting me grow and leave

Is her giant fear

But as far as I wandered

I always came back

Tied not by umbilical cords or guilt or duty

But heartstrings, tethered me to her

Anchored her to me,

She became more, so much more

An infinity

Not just mother but my best friend

A love that even death can’t end






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