Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom 🙂 I wrote this poem for her (it appears in my book Heartaches as well). I love her very much.
mama
stepping to the edge
tumbling to my death
flashed through your mind
you threw yourself down
the flight of wet metal stairs
and were my soft place to land
despite your own wear and tear
walking through the fields
prickly, high and dry
hurt my
and made me cry
you picked me up
carried me on your back
across ten
in my shoulder
you ran in like a roller coaster
you called her a bitch
you set down the line
you took me out of that awful time
he wanted to hit me
but instead
you took the beatings
and were dragged
by your hair
despite your own hell
despite your own pain
you always put me first
and dried up the rain
your quiet strength
your massive heart
can never be
torn apart
mama, I love you
you were always my heart
my rock,
my defender,
nemesis of my dark
you’re lovely
you’re kind
you’re like no other
and I’m forever grateful
now and always that you
are my mother