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jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2000-07-02 06:58 PM


Oh Mother Of Mine

Oh mother,
mother,
can't you hear,
this little one
who needs you near,
this child of yours
who loves you so,
yet a mother's love
doesn't know.

Oh momma dear,
I dreamed a dream,
where I thought with love
we'd touch and hold,
but your words,
your words,
they were so cold.

Oh woman
who gave birth to me,
can't you see
where you've driven me,
don't you have
any sympathy,
for the pain you caused,
and the misery.

Hey you,
who used to be my friend,
who hides behind
my mother's face;
yeah you,
whose icy words
chill even my warmest place
can't you even
look at my face?

Oh Momma…
Mother…
Woman who gave life to me,
whom I thought would love me
eternally,
I saw the place that angels see
where mothers and children
meet destiny,
a place I though you and I would be,
but now I know
isn't meant for me.

Oh Mother,
oh momma of mine.

w. james beard, jr.

(don't know if makes sense or not...inspired by a friend's maternal relationship)




[This message has been edited by jwesley (edited 07-02-2000).]

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Hardrock
Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 948
New Hampshire, USA
1 posted 2000-07-02 08:15 PM


James...of course it makes sense...good sense.  It's tragic that your friend's relationship with his mother is not better.  But maybe if she saw your poem....she would have a change of heart.  Good writing.  I liked it very much.  Hardrock
Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
2 posted 2000-07-02 09:12 PM


Great writing, you portrayed your friends feelings beautifully and sensitivly.  I feel so sorry for him/her not to know a mothers love.  It must be so disheartening at times.
Great thought provoking stuff  

I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.....
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)


jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
3 posted 2000-07-02 11:36 PM


Thanks Isis and Hardrock for your comments. Much appreciated.

Sorry if I threw you with the title change since you commented.  Also added the last two lines.

jwesley

Jeremiah Johnson
Senior Member
since 2000-06-08
Posts 1223
Brooksville, Fl, U.S
4 posted 2000-07-03 12:23 PM


well it did me sense to me. its a very good read i enjoyed it much so keep it up. and i hope that things work out better for your friend in the furture

I'm a dying romantic and when i can no longer write i can no longer live -Jeremiah Johnson-


moshpit
Member
since 1999-11-25
Posts 143
cebu, philippines
5 posted 2000-07-03 02:30 AM


most of us had the fortune of being loved by a caring mother.. and for those who haven't, they yearn for that kind of love, nonetheless.. but the worst thing of all is feeling like an orphan even if you aren't.. nice poem, jwesley.
Joel the wolf
Senior Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 1333
Angels Camp
6 posted 2000-07-03 09:33 PM


It is hard enough to lose a mother, but it's even harder to have one that dosen't care.

Joel.

I howl a mournful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel.

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