Best Motherlife Poems
Just when I thought that I knew them all
One tumbled forth from a careless tongue
I’m left a bit stunned, not sure how to feel
About this bit of knowledge revealed
I have known that I almost wasn’t to be
And that Providence ultimately played its hand
But, what I didn’t know until late yesterday
Is that I was to be adopted, for being unplanned
My mother admitted that she didn't think
She could handle more children; she'd already had four
But in the delivery room changed her mind
And decided she'd keep my twin brother and me
I’m left wondering how my life would have been
If I had been raised by somebody else
My life wasn’t easy, was a struggle, in fact
But if all that were different, then I wouldn't be "Me"
It seems odd that I now own this silent ache
For it makes no difference to me in the end
Still, there it is-- the hollow, pervasive pang
In my chest as I ponder this old/new truth
Momma's gray streaked hair was her crowning glory,
Why she'd say, each one was unique and told its own special story.
And those deep set wrinkles, they didn't seem to bother her much,
It was just part of life, along with her tender touch.
Always there with words to lift the soul,
And making people smile that seemed to be her daily goal.
She never complained just took whatever life gave in stride,
She liked to make people think she was strong, but I knew she cried.
Her family was her world, all though some I don't think really knew,
She'd give you everything she owned then go in debt if she had too.
Whatever it took to keep her family safe and not suffering was what my mom was about,
She knew what life held and hardly ever did she speak with doubt.
I was her biggest fear and the cause of most those gray hairs,
You see I had lost my spiritual way and that was more than her old heart could bare.
But she never gave up, no she prayed and she prayed,
With her prayers and those of my wife, those dark clouds in my life began to fade.
Soon after I was back on the straight and narrow, I knew that she would soon be gone,
But her last days were her happiest I'd ever seen her, always smiling not a bit withdrawn.
Then came the day she left with no fanfare or so much as a bye,
But she did it her way and I can almost hear her now, straighten it up you're to big a boy
to cry
Wrinkles caress her face.
A child emerges from within.
Smile straight from her heart.
Advice given from wisdom.
Enjoy your life when you are young.
Never just sit around doing nothing.
Someday you will be old like me.
Wanting to branch out, seeing the world.
I never went to far from home.
Never got to experience life.
I gave it up made some sacrifices.
Felt smothered with great remorse.
Had to work two jobs.
Never got to see the joy.
Took care of an ailing man.
Kids drove me crazy with wants.
Now I am alone and old.
I can barely walk.
But in these last few months,
I find even now, I can have fun.
A trip to the zoo with my grandson.
The first in over thirty years.
Antique mall shopping,
with my newest friend.
Now I can have luncheons out.
I have a favorite spot.
Now on my Senior discount.
It does not cost much at all.
I can sleep as long as I want.
Do not have to wake at a certain time.
I only have me to answer too.
No more do I have to live the grind.
So with all that I am, I do hope.
My children will see before it is too late.
Get out and experience what life has to offer.
Because someday you will be like me.
When I was a baby you took me in
Hoping to give me your joy
Because of what you didn’t get from within
You gave me the best of the material things
But what I needed most was your loving angel wings
I wish we could have been the best of friends
But instead of friends I became a dope fiend head
You was there as best you could be
Couldn’t understand what had such a stronghold over me
In no way I blame you for my messed up past
But after you died my heart became real sad
I remember how you fussed, huffed and would fight
In trying to bring your baby girl back right
You would prayed, you cried asking God why, oh why?
Can’t she see the pain and hurt in my eye?
But you kept your faith and wouldn’t give up
Knowing one day that God would take my dark cup
I lost it the day that you passed
But I thank God I was there at last
Even for only a short minute
I was by your side to give you your final salute
Oh I wish you was still here to see
All the values you had instilled into me
You may be gone and I confess that after you left
Again my life turned out into a big mess
But now things have changed
My life is no longer the same
I pray that you have forgiven me
For all the years I put you through so much misery
You can smile now looking down from heaven
I’m no longer acting like that child age of seven
God is doing great and wonderful things
Giving me peace, hope and joy that life brings
I miss you Mama your wonderful tender touch
I now appreciate the love that you give me so much!
Humbly Submitted Your Daughter:
Patricia Linda Gregory
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
To mother Pearl with roses
Who loves not lies nor poses
Dislikes neighbors that’s nosy
Likes good weather that’s rosy
Mom is a very good cook
Cooks from scratch not from a book
In cookbooks she never looks
Cook’s lessons she never took
Momma Pearl now eighty three
Hoes her own garden you see
Has her own freedom to be
An amazing Cherokee
Bothered not by who you are
She still chauffeur’s her own car
Believes work, we all must bear
Works for elderly health care
Believes, healthy, wealthy and wise
Means, living life without disguise
Loves not neighbor’s unwholesome lies
But help’s him remove from his guise
Her motto, don’t you be cheated
Living character defeated
With a love that is depleted
A change in your life is needed
This poem I give, mother Pearl
To thee your rose, while in this world
You’ve never been a party girl
Desired not give the world a whirl
Hester Pearl’s rose, not of this world!
For: My Own Living Mother
Sponsored by: Rambling Poet
Placed # 11
My love for you will always grow
My life will go on and on
Without you near life is full of fear
Without your love i wont be here
I am responsible for your pain
I am at fault for all
I sit and think
Will i see you soon
Or will i not
This question rocks my mind
This question only you can answer
I am sorry for your pain
I am grateful that you came
Came to my rescue when i was in trouble
Came to my rescue when i fell
Came with only love in mind
My dear mother
Thank so so much
For all the pain and hurt you went through
To be with my right here
Thank for the time you spent
Singing me to sleep
Thank you for the times you spent
teaching me to count
Thank you for the time you spent
teaching me to pray
I care for you
You care for me
And for that i love you
For that i respect you
I thank you for the life
The life you gave to me
I thank you for the things
You always gave me
I write this poem as a memory
of what you did
The peace you gave my heart
The life you gave to me
I love so so much
You are my mother
My one true love
I wish you love
I wish you peace
I wish you no more pain
Thank you for your love
Thank you for your care
But now it's time to say good bye
Until that day you wished for
Comes on by
I will love you til that day
My
Dear Mother.
The day I opened my eyes to embrace breathing life
Her unconditional love followed like a shadow rife
Without knowing how to talk and explain my heart
She was the only one to give life a meaningful start
Conditions when turned bad with scarcity to survive
Fought alone for living so that I never face any strive
Each millisecond struggled alone at work and home
Giving me a good life bothering not for health of own
Everyone says their Mother is the best in the world
For me a Goddess from a realm above material Earth
Virtues taught made me humane more than human
Enlightened inner soul making capable for creation
She is my Mother, Mentor, Friend and sweet Sister
Made me to live life being motivated even in sinister
I am blessed to write about a blessing one in a million
Fumbling for words since her love is infinite in a trillion
You Held my hand when I was weak.
You held me close when I would weep.
My mother, and my best friend.
You protect me from the sorrows and hardships that often in life descend.
You made me all that I am
An artist, a poet, and a loving friend.
You brightened my hopes for a better tomorrow
Your influence on my life is extraordinary.
You assure me of my talents, my potential and inner and outer beauty
Even when my face is streaked from mud or other impurities.
You are the fire that drives my courage
and the best person to sit down with a glass of red wine to discuss life with.
Happy Mothers Day
To the creator of this writer.
How can u be so cruel how can u invite another man in
ur house if u know that u are still married all that makes u
is a ****. But i dont want to disrespect u, u are my mother
but how can u be married and go with another guy..
Yes i understand that life is cruel at times but how is treating someone like
**** any better he was there for u for so many years i understand
that maybe u all had problems but what relationship doesn't ..
How can u be so cruel to have him under ur roof just to take care
of the baby!!
How can someones life go to being so great to being so cruel??
The other guy goes as if he doesnt know a thing but yet he knows
that ur husband is in the house and him as if nothing one day the
truth will come and all the cruel that u did to my dad will come back and
bite u in the ass!!
Being cruel is like being mean acting like a B****!! but what can u do
love and cruelty only has one word in mind but am not so mean nor
want to disrespect u so i love u both and i wish the best only god can judge
but i wish the worst for u i know i should not be mean but its just so hard
after all the years u treated me like trash i wish i could take it all back!!!
Remember one thing love only comes once in a life time so be sure
to take advantage but cruelty always comes back no matter what so
remember to be good or make the right decision!!
Taking a life before it begins,
Not knowing what harm it will come from it,
Killing an innocent soul,
Not letting it live,
Never to experience life at all,
Never letting it smile,
Never letting it walk or crawl,
It's not his or her fault you messed up,
Don't blame it for your dumb mistakes,
You never give and take,
You took it's precious life away,
and now it can't come back,
You were right not to become a mom,
Because you don't deserve the happiness it could bring,
It didn't have anything to do with the way it was made,
So that baby could not be the blame,
If your life is messed up real bad,
Tell that to the baby's dad,
If your life isn't what you thought it would be,
Tell everyone so they can see,
The most horrible person in theworld,
You didn't just kill a diamond you killed a pearl
No one is a match similar to her
She stands in the wind like a motionless stone
She stands the pain no one can stand
She cries to God, prays & reads
She is so good so unlike me though
I can never live the life she had & stay alive
She is like a white dot in this black world
She tries to forget, she tries to start again
But some people just can’t understand her torture
I try to support her as much as I can
But at the end, I have no effect
With all of this darkness, can I make it all go away?
I wish she had a peaceful life like other had
I’ll blame myself for being alive
If only just dad could understand her pain
He’d know after all is too late that this is the best wife
Anyone could ever imagine!
I love her so much, I wish anyone would listen
To the love & sadness she had been through
I blame my dad for every tear that had fallen
Oh I’m sure some magic spell had changed him
Why is this life so a cursed pain
I hate everything that happens here!
If only I had an arrow, I’d throw it right into that man’s face
So he’d know he’s the worst creature ever made!!!
Mother died at the honorable age of one hundred and one
Born a Gemini, she died under a different constellation
So familiar to us, her old life was different from everyone
Without frills, pale pretences or any mental augmentation
Mother was real, and she understood what I never forgave
In her. All my life I wanted her to claim her material rights,
To consume her pride on something defiant of the grave
Of father that bequeathed her a wounded gourd with blights;
To marshal us a promise that we could not see in our gift.
All my life outside the edge of her experience I’ve yearned
To castle her pedigree on the status of hope’s starved thrift
And yet every offering I brought by her shrine was spurned.
She had her wealth invested where nothing rust, and life
For her was all she was giving to us. It was a strange gift
The legacy she bequeathed us, and sometimes her truths knife
Sorrows to our dreams, burden with no wind or song to lift
Us from our extremes. Mother’s wealth was her children
And for each of us again her God would empty his heaven.
My heart is seized in terror
as you flutter through my mind
running headlong through a minefield
to its dangers you seem blind.
I've lost my mother, father, brother,
will I also lose my child?
How can life be so cruel,
why must life be such a trial?
My prayers are always answered,
but the answer's always "no,"
my sanity is fragile,
I can't take another blow,
Until you are a parent,
you will never know true fear.
Can you take me, instead, Lord?
'Cause I'd gladly volunteer.
©Danielle White
My imagination is full of so many things
It is as unexpected just like what life brings
No-one can give you the world we do not own it
When you really love some-one then you better show it
I have put change in the hat for the man on the corner
By the sound of his thanks I think he is a foreigner
Even donated clothes, toys and food for the poor
How can men call women names like **** or whore
Some will hit their ladies they get cut and bruised or more
If you were to see an argument or fight could you stay impartial
Or would you join in the fight or call the local martial
When it comes to people hurting I cannot stand aside
If you say no but it was seen I will say you lied
If you ever hurt someone I better not see it happen
I will jump from this stage and take a break from rappin
You should respect the ladies you come from in your mom
Unless your test tube babies or maybe just plain dumb
Have you ever hit your child…. I was beat in the basement
I felt like I was ugly and just like an embarrassment
I was raised by my mom most of my life
She kicked out my dad with the tip of her knife
He kicked and he beat her and more than I’ll say
He would kick me and beat me and say "get out of the way"
He was a bad man that feels no remorse
Oh yes he did it, he did it of course
We moved away to have a new life
A life away from all of the strife
you tell me to think before i act
your quick to point out all the things i lack
you tell me what to do and what to say
why cant you save it for another day-ay-ay
you tell me stop wishing my life away
you tell me to do it someone elses way
you tell me to be what you want me to be
but unlike you i just want to be free
i'm grumpy, i'm sloppy well that is just me
your bored and lonely but i'm not the key
well welcome back to the teens
i cant wait until i turn eighteen
You think of me as i sign of concern
when i spend the money, that ive just earned
you say im difficult but that's just not true
only because i dont want to be like you
you suck the life out of all my fun
shoving me into the shade and out of the sun
you keep trying to climb over my fence
using words and actions that make no sense
i'm grumpy, i'm sloppy and that is just me
your trapped and lonely but i am not the key
well welcome here back to the teens
i cant wait until i turn eightenn
you cant take back whats already been said
so bury the past that is long since dead
this is my life and this is my dream
you wont tear apart at the seams
so give up, give in it's never going to work
so leave me alone, because your making me go beserk
so give up and give in, because your never going to win!