Constance La France Poet Ode

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'i Love You Mom'

 
"My healthy arm will be your stay; And I will smooth your pain
away; And when I see you hang your head; It will be my turn
to watch your bed;  And tears of sweet affection shed. "

                               Quote - from Ann Taylor's poem, My Mother


I will turn back the pages of sorrow,
to the sad May day my mother left me;
the details recalled each 'morn and 'morrow,
as her breath became gasps-   I did not flee.
Then, stood by her coffin screaming inside,
tears falling, whispering- oh, why God why;
she had left me on Mother's Day that year, 
to her cold headstone my thoughts often glide;
I set her free-   so up, up she could fly, 
turn off life support . . .  I said with a tear !

Mother was my very best friend always,
loved her garden and country adventures;
mom, so calm even when roads were a maze,
so we would stop the car to take pictures.
Our home had a huge vast sunny garden,
since a child I helped mom with the flowers;
those days are some of my best memories,
nesting close by we had a Blue Martin;
we could linger there for - hours, hours and hours,
Mother's day . . . will be lost in reveries !

I never met a more joyful kind soul,
my sweet mom embraced every single day;
to others she had so much self-control,
mother was happy and gay everyday.
She made each birthday a celebration,
each Christmas Day . . . gifts, family and food;
I was mothers decoration helper,
think that I was often her frustration;
always to my poetry she was glued,
my mom was my rock, true north and shelter !

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April 28, 2022


Poetry/Ode/'I Love You Mom'
Copyright Protected, ID 04-1451-480-28
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France

Written for the Standard contest, A Mother's Love
Tribute of Love for Mother's Day
sponsor, BJ Legros Kelley, Judged 05/03/2022

First Place

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Eve Roper May 25, 2022 at 2:23 PM A great tribute my friend Constance La France May 25, 2022 at 2:35 PM Eve, thank you so much for the compliment, blessings ~Constance

Beryl Edmonds May 20, 2022 at 2:00 PM A beautiful tribute to your mother Constance, such wonderful memories you have. Congratulations on your win in the contest… Belle Constance La France May 20, 2022 at 3:58 PM Belle, thank you so much for the compliment and congratulations, yes, wonderful memories, blessings ~Constance

Paula Goldsmith May 5, 2022 at 8:45 AM Back with Congratulations on this win. So Beautiful. Enjoy your win/day with blessings........................ Constance La France May 5, 2022 at 9:31 AM Paula, thank you so much for the congratulations and the compliment, blessings ~Constance

Bj Legros Kelley May 3, 2022 at 8:29 PM Constance, my tears are just falling even as I type this to you. Your mama left such a beautiful heart's imprint on you. I am so blessed and honored that you shared this incredibly and deeply written masterpiece of undying love. What a great honor of tribute to your mama. God bless you Constance, if I could hug you I would. Congratulations precious poetess <3 Constance La France May 4, 2022 at 12:54 AM BJ, thank you so much for the contest and my placement, the beautiful comment, compliment and congratulations, my mother was such a wonderful woman, I like to think that she is tending one of God's gardens up there, blessings ~Constance

Sam Kauffman May 2, 2022 at 3:55 PM Constance, I agree with Connie. This is a lovely reflection on your relationship with your mother filled with treasured memories. How blessed you were to have such a mother - light, beauty and grace. Thank you for sharing her with all of us. Hugs and blessings for your Mother's Day. Will think of you and send you a prayer. Constance La France May 2, 2022 at 9:04 PM Sam, thank you so much for the compliment on my poem about my mother, if I can be even half the person she was I would be blessed, yes, Mother's Day is always difficult for me but to honor my mom I am preparing my own small garden, it is always a Zen place and I feel her spirit there, blessings ~Constance

Connie Marcum Wong April 29, 2022 at 11:50 PM What a lovely tribute this is to your dear mother Constance. You were fortunate to know such a mother’s love. I am sorry you no longer have her with you, but she dwells in your heart. Blessings xxoo Constance La France April 30, 2022 at 7:22 AM Connie, thank you so much for the compliment, compassion and comment. I was a very lucky girl. Mom died too young, too soon, yes, the love will last forever, blessings _Constance

Swetha Vangaveti April 29, 2022 at 2:28 AM What a lovely picture that went with the poem!! Perfect ode to your lovely mom!! Constance La France April 29, 2022 at 7:59 AM Swetha, thank you so much for visiting my poem and for the compliment on the image and poem, blessings ~Constance

Paulette Calasibetta April 28, 2022 at 1:10 PM A lovely deep felt Ode to your amazing Mom! What sweet memories you have to cherish, to relive everyday. Blessings, Paulette Constance La France April 28, 2022 at 4:56 PM Paulette, thank you so much for the compliment and comment, yes I do, blessings ~Constance

Paula Goldsmith April 28, 2022 at 11:16 AM A "Beautiful" write and picture. Love It. Good luck in the contest. Have a blessed day..................... Constance La France April 28, 2022 at 4:57 PM Paula, thank you so much for the compliment and encouragement, blessings ~Constance