Marc O'Brien Poet Rhyme

Parental Guidance

Have you ever seen a mother? 
Watch her child suffer 
Requesting mercy as she kneels 
Trying to understand higher power's deals 
Three hours later her child comes to peace 
When the child is taken and declared deceased 
A strong surge can be felt in her body 
Hearing the words, “you were a good mommy” 
It was spirituality that came into her soul 
During a time when attitudes were so cold 
Have you ever seen a mother? 
Watch her child suffer 
Giving birth was a happy time 
Cuddling the creation proclaiming, “It is mine” 
But trouble soon brewed 
Everything was not innocent and new 
Her child was different from the others 
But still she was the child’s mother 
Staying vigilant was the missionary duty 
Hoping the best for what she called her beauty 
Have you ever seen a mother? 
Tend to her child when they suffer 
It brings out a loving bond 
That has a quiet calm 
Answers do come 
And internal battles are won 
Since the two are not done 
Whatever the plight 
Pick up this granted strength giving for the fight 
And use all its might 
When searching for a special light 
Then in the end 
The truth will defend 
A mother who watched her child suffer 
Asking in prayer ‘should I have another?’

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