Mother Mine

I see you breathe,
I watch you cry,
I hear you laugh,
Your my mother, mother mine. 

I lie,
We fight, 
I break you down,
Stubborn but fierce,
An heir who's yet to bear your crown.


You're the voice in my head,
Telling me right from wrong,
The never ending conscience,
A repetitive song. 

I see your mournful, 
You're silent in days I've failed,
Your my mother; my heart's in anguish,
For your silence has ailed. 

My actions and choices, equivocal to say,
That I'm doing my best to be more than I am,
The babe you named and here to stay,
I'll love you more with each passing day. 

I am what I am,
A free spirit you bore,
The tiny thing you held,
I'm growing and still learning evermore. 

Your my mother,
My creator,
A woman so strong,
My mirrored other, stubborn when we're wrong, 

I yearn for your words,
Your hand to extend and feel your embrace,
Never shall I surrender, never will I cease to try,
For you're my mother, mother mine.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Allison Avatar
June 25, 2023 at 2:28 AM
what a lovely tribute Bethan, so glad you made up - I lost my mum last year and it hit so so so hard. hugs jan xx
Cunningham Avatar
February 22, 2023 at 10:14 AM
Lovely tribute to your Mother Bethan, a big welcome to poetry soup. Tom
Williams Avatar
March 7, 2023 at 11:44 AM
Thank you kindly. I wrote this for my mum when she and I had a big fight couple years ago, but she always supported my writing, as soon as I wrote this and sent it to her she crumbled and we immediately made up again. My family have always said I should write a book.
Glaser Avatar
February 21, 2023 at 5:54 AM
thanks for the read and welcome to this site
Agustin Avatar
February 18, 2023 at 6:18 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God bless you.
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