O Mother

A god given gift is my one and only mother, 
courteous and conveying more than any other.

When the era was shaded, you accommodated the light, 
when my perception was not luminous, you bestowed my sight.

Powering the fluorescent light when the allotment was dim, 
O mother, I can truly opine what a divine blessing its bin.

Each moment I spend with you is an equivalent to a hidden treasure, 
each memory I share with you has eternally been a pleasure.

You are the ultimate significance to me alive, 
without your presence life is not worth the survive.

Cherishing and nurturing with your tongue, 
O mother how your words are so sweetly sung.

I apprize and adulate the arena you glide upon, 
your beauty is comparison to one that of a swan.

So delicately poised, a mother's place, 
the one no alternate human-being can ever replace.

For your children and husband you slave away, 
O mother how can I ever repay.


I'm compiling my poetry work into a book, and looking to partner with a publisher. If anyone 
is interested please email me on [email protected]
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Agustin Avatar
August 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet 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." Be blessed.
A  Avatar
January 28, 2016 at 10:51 AM
SHANAZ, A great pleasure to find and read your poem today. Love ** SKAT **
Guzzi Avatar
September 12, 2009 at 1:33 PM
dear poet! an acrostic would be when each line begines with the first letter of O Mother...as in Oh my...Mother...Other love you ....The time has come.....Here and now...Either to stay or ....Run/O Mother..also their is no discernable dialect here? VERY nice poem..form Rhyme..Light & Love
Shahwan Avatar
September 10, 2009 at 6:45 AM
Thrilling poem, passionate.
Brown Avatar
September 10, 2009 at 3:59 AM
I would like to welcome you and your poetry to PoetrySoup. Wishing you the best in your writing endeavors Shanaz. Love, Carol
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