Mother Daughter Family Poems

Quiet Bird Songs

Daughter, come home. 
Your mom is calling you. 
She is singing the same song, 
as when you were little. 
She remembers, 
everything. 
She...

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I am just new here
Everything looks strange
Even the language unfamiliar
I can't even keep my steps

I have been in dark world
It had been years I guess
Not...

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Since the very morning,
Be it of the day, or
Be it of my life,
You love me.
Selfless love indeed!
You showed me
The light of this world.
O Mother, I...

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How do I grieve
When I won't accept your gone
For you were my world 
My best friend, my mom

How do I grieve when 
I couldn't say...

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Translation



               ~Her Attentive Daughter~



Before winters sun; she awakes.
A nice, warm, shower,...

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You are a woman,

beautiful, black,

 God’s masterpiece,

 created with majestic power

              ...

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I still need to feel loved
When I am old, it fades away
But I am still the same
Saying it is not enough
Nor is buying it
I feel...

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Her selflessness inspiring 
Her heart so pure and true
Her presence keeps you smiling
Her unconditional love shines through

Her desire in putting others first
Her time with treasured...

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when she made hot coffee in the morning,
winked at me said your breakfast is warming,
I was dumbstruck and knew there was a flaw,
This was not...

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A little brunette girl, told me a tale.
Her big brown eyes,a little teary.
She began and was wringing her dimpled 
hands.
The fog was rolling in, that...

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I hope that you're somewhere a daughter can find you
I hope that it's near enough, warm enough, sweeter
these nights I could handle with you as...

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Remember that I have loved you,
When you remember me;
Though at times I must admit,
We did not agree.

Life is a mixture of experience,
Some good, some not...

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A spider plant* with many offshoots --
The mother firmly holds onto her little girl's hand at the nursery.


*Chlorophytum comosum...

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I found it so difficult to write a poem
about my biological mother             ...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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