Daughter
You came from my body
Your heart beats my blood
Fear of losing you
Makes me hold tight with momentous strength
Joy of watching you grow
Retrains my hands from making that grasp
Miracle of my body
Individual of your mind
Another generation to live forever
In our chain of DNA
Each with a history of a spoken past; some pages not read
Be you, the pieces of me
Embrace the pain with the joy
As that is how I got to you
Love this life while it is yours to call your own
We only get to live again in scattered pieces of the ones who come after us
No longer ourselves
Just a past in fading memories
Find your own way, but know
I am forever your mother
You are forever my heart
Copyright © Charlene Edwards | Year Posted 2021
|