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Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

0 posted 2001-04-24 12:45 PM

I lay within her womb
planted in summer seed
to live on after winter’s
deepened sleep, bursting
forth as wondrous light.

I am the fire within her heart,
the yearning hunger within her soul.
I stand within the darkness of light
at the moment of conception.

My cries, laughter and songs
to her are sadly silent though
I feel her touch and hear
the lullabies she sings.

From that single cell,
at the moment of conception,
my life is defined by 46 chromosomes,
30,000 genes – I am uniquely me.

I have left my footprints in tune
with her very life's rhythm. I am
practicing growth, tumbling
like an astronaut toward an
opening of air and light.

Life and death: these are the gifts
I bring to her. I shout with my silent words:
seek me with courage, pride and humility.
But most of all, seek me with love and strength,
for this is my path.

"Your children are life’s
longing for itself."

Kahlil Gibran

"I am not now that which I have been."

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

1 posted 2001-04-24 02:14 PM

Well done! More!

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

2 posted 2001-04-24 02:22 PM

Interloper, thank you for reading and for the kind comment.

"I am not now that which I have been."

Embers_Before_God
Member

since 2001-03-06

Posts 101
USA

3 posted 2001-04-25 11:45 PM

It's a grand piece, indeed...Up to the challenge for sure, definately a winner in my mind...thanks...Embers

Amuse_mi
Member

since 2001-04-22

Posts 110

4 posted 2001-04-25 11:58 PM

I wish for every child that they know the depth of love their mother has for them. You portray this with such an aching elegance, I wish to cry and hold my own.

A.M.

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

5 posted 2001-04-26 12:08 PM

Thank you Embers and Amuse_mi. I really enjoyed writing this and am very pleased that it spoke to both men and women. ~Shalom

"I am not now that which I have been."

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

6 posted 2001-04-26 12:35 PM

This speaks volumes and as my Jewish great-grandmother used to say : Shalom

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

7 posted 2001-04-26 01:43 AM

This is a really touchy feely poem. To a mother who starts talking to her child from the beginning. It is nice to know hehears. Joyce

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

8 posted 2001-04-26 01:53 AM

35 years later my seed is still the fire within my heart! Bravo Mabel! Bravo!

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Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

9 posted 2001-04-26 07:40 AM

Julian~
So touching ~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

10 posted 2001-04-26 09:25 AM

I have left my footprints in tune
with her very life's rhythm.
=======================
Indeed you have ...
and this is a wonderful poetic celebration!!
This is written from a very clever and unique perspective...
very well done JL

this reminded me of a verse I saw the other day in another site ...

"There are only two lasting bequests that we can hope to instill in our children ...
One being roots ...
the other ... wings.

Though my soul may sit in darkness,
It will arise in perfect light.
For I have loved the stars too fondly ...
To be fearful of the night.

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

11 posted 2001-04-26 10:23 AM

Irish Rose: we share in having Jewish roots and also the respect for life.

Joyce: delighted to hear that you sing and talk to your child. They not only hear, they laugh and try to speak; however, because there is no air as such, their sounds are lost.

Mysteria: there is nothing so permanent as birthing a child and the bond continues until death and beyond.

Marge: thank you, life is precious.

Janet Marie: I totally agree that roots and wings are our bequests.

Thank you are for commenting. ~Shalom

"I am not now that which I have been."

Soaringeagle
Member

since 2000-12-06

Posts 156
CANADA

12 posted 2001-05-02 07:24 PM

SO STRANGE WE ARE........ALL STARTING IN THE SAME PLACE.......WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT ENDINGS
WELL WRITTEN MABEL
MERCI

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

13 posted 2001-05-03 02:24 PM

Soaringeagle: thank you for your kind comment. Perhaps our diverse lives are, in part, dertermined when our biths are anticipated with courage, joy and love.

"I am not now that which I have been."

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