Happy Mother's Day

Mom, I love you like a sunset You are in my life so often That sometimes I forget Your Beauty But when I pause and look up I am overwhelmed To watch the orange fire wane Is to gaze at the flaming echo of all eternity And to look into your eyes Is to witness the sky-blue certainty Of Love borne for all of time But unlike the sunset Which also heralds threat In your eyes there is security I can see your care for me I love you dearly Mom, I am grateful for you like an azure sea When Life’s heat Bears down on me To scorch and burn And the paths I walk Are on sharp, sun-baked rocks That gouge and singe my feet Your caress is the gentle sea Cleansing my tears of agony A cool embrace that is safe and deep The memory of your arms carrying me And even when you are stormy And bleed angry grey into the azure sea I am grateful all the more Your rebukes have tempered me Mom, you bring me Joy like the scent of Home I am filled up by the smells With which I have grown Stained wood, cut grass, animal musk, Dust, open sky, mountains, incense, rain The basement instruments we played But more than these is the smell of you The familiar fragrance of your perfume Of your hair shampoo The aromas of your cooking food Your caffeine-cinnamon breath When we kissed each other These smells I miss like no other To breathe you in is to Remember all I have known Mother, you are the Joy of Home