Mother's Day

TEARS OF HURT FALL LIKE RAIN FROM AN ANGRY CLOUD MY HEART BLEEDS FROM WOUNDS INFLICTED BY THE SWORD OF APATHY MY LIFE, ONCE LIVED ONLY FOR THOSE I BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD IS NOW EMPTY, VOID OF ANY LAUGHTER, HUGS OR KISSES THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD NOW FADES INTO THE LONELINESS THAT IS TO BE OLD AGE NO MORE TO OFFER WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT OR UNSOLICITED ADVICE NO SMILES OR WARM CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE NOW GONE TO SEEK THEIR OWN I GRIEVE AS THOUGH YOUR LIVES ARE OVER AND YET THE PAIN IS KNOWING THAT YOU ARE SO CLOSE AND YET SO OUT OF REACH I PRAY YOU NEVER KNOW THE PAIN OF MOTHERHOOD THAT COMES ONLY WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER NEEDED I PRAY YOU CAN ESCAPE THE HAUNTING MEMORIES OF SMALL ANGELIC FACES, TINY FEET AND LITTLE HANDS THAT REACH FOR YOU WHEN FEAR HAS KNOCKED THEM OFF THEIR FEET AS THEY LOOK FOR THAT EVER PRESENT, EVER SOLID LOVE A MOTHER HAS TO GIVE I PRAY THAT WHEN YOUR BABIES HAVE BABIES, YOU CAN EMBRACE THE FACT WITH OPEN ARMS AND OPEN HEARTS AND NEVER LET YOUR FEAR OR WORRIES SHOW AND WHEN YOUR ANGELS HAVE ALL GROWN UP AND LEAVE THE NEST I PRAY YOU WILL SEND THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY WITH A NEVER ENDING, NEVER FAILING , ALWAYS TRUE AND FAITHFUL, MOTHER’S LOVE