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Poems
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Poems
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for "Mom" |
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Who Else But A Mother
Who first loves and
nurtures us and takes care of every need,
as she accepts into her life someone new to bathe and feed?
Who brags about
accomplishments; first teeth...first sounds...first smile
and makes every little thing that's done seem important and
worthwhile?
Who’s been known
to, after dark enter a room and slowly creep
to bend and kiss the forehead of a child fast asleep?
Who holds a hand
while crossing as she thoughtfully conveys
a reminder to her child that he should always "look
both ways?"
Who wipes peanut
butter off a cheek and crayon off the wall
and knots an untied shoelace to avoid a likely fall?
Who watches the
swift passing of childhood years that she will mourn,
and remembers every small detail about the day that child
was born?
Who works the
longest hours without a vacation...or a check,
but accepts her payment in the form of a hug around her
neck?
Who never stops
believing even when others are in doubt
and defends the fact her child was "safe" when
the umpire calls him out!?
Who senses things
just aren’t right and with the palm of her hand decrees
by placing it on her child’s brow... the fever’s 101
degrees?
Who shares life’s
disappointments and feels the pain of all the bruises
and delights in her child’s winnings, but offers solace
when he loses?
Who realizes as the
years pass by... the further her child will roam
and who stays up late with worry when that child isn’t
home?
Who tries to shield
and protect by showing courage...staying strong;
trying to set a good example while her heart is breaking
all along?
Who acts as a
private tutor as the years fall in succession
by taking each opportunity to teach life’s every lesson?
Who listens with
her heart even when her child is grown
and understands the feelings that she once herself, had
known?
Who saved old cards
and letters and kept pictures on the shelves
and offered unconditional love so we could learn to love,
ourselves?
This poem describes
one person; a woman unlike any other,
for who could possess that level of love...
Who Else, But A Mother?
By Linda Ellis
