Maternal Lean

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2023

For My Darling Sister, My Punky
My love for you now aches with an acute, piercing concern.
I feel your emotions shudder inside my own heart’s downturn.
Lean on me, let me absorb your aches as maternal will not break.
              
You are so precious to me, I would rather life's painful strikes  
seek me than witness them blister you with their insistence. 
Lean on me, let our combined hearts and smarts find answers.

Know without judgment, fear, or derision, I will lovingly listen
to your broken bits unfurl in plight's reveal of your soul's mission.
Lean on me, for I attended the same hellish multi-themed lessons.

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Line Gauthier

Date: 9/15/2018 7:47:00 PM

A very touching poem, CayCay. Congrats on your well deserved podium finish.

Curtis Moorman

Date: 9/10/2018 1:15:00 PM

Beautiful, CayCay! Congrats on your placement in SO's contest.

Silent One

Date: 9/10/2018 6:43:00 AM

This is so beautiful.. Lovely support for your sister.. Congratulations on your placement in the contest..

CayCay Jennings
Date: 9/10/2018 9:33:00 AM

As always, I am grateful for the time and attention you give all writers on Soup. Thank you for the muse inspiration you supply via contests. Appreciating you ... CayCay

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/31/2018 12:25:00 AM

What a wonderful sister she has in you CayCay! I wish I had that kind of closeness with my sister. I do have that kind of closeness with all my children. This poem attests to the loving spirit that dwells within you. Beautiful! : ) xxoo