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Open Poetry #44

My daughter,now a mother.

Boshii2
Member

since 2009-02-01

Posts 146

0 posted 2009-02-06 01:17 AM

man walked on the moon
the day she was born
I held her high to show her
the sky's the limit.
She came early,anxious to do it all...
calisthenics
ballet
laps of the pool.
Working for the government;
Espionage at eighteen.
Oh my fairy princess
married in the castle to her Scottish lord.
The sky was the limit
and now
I finger her picture,newspapered,and weep.
Not because of her flaxen mane
Nor the cause she fights
seeking help for the lame.
Not for her daughter withered in her walking frame.
Nor for her baby twins tugging at her train
Of thought...
A limitless sky still.
I weep for her hands....
Pictured there amongst the print clasping tight
her responsibilities of beaming love.
Her hands.Her fingers.
A mother's unvarnished nails.Holding aloft as if to show
Limited only by the sky above...

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2009-02-06 01:30 AM

This is so very touching, Boshi. Spoken like a mother.
Ida

Anniepimm
Senior Member

since 2008-12-26

Posts 550
England

2 posted 2009-02-06 05:14 AM

yes every mothers dilemma the children finding there own way
Thank you for sharing

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2009-02-06 11:58 AM

I weep for her hands....
Pictured there amongst the print clasping tight
her responsibilities of beaming love.

What an incredible portrait of motherhood... beautiful!

mein or meree thanhai
Junior Member

since 2009-02-01

Posts 21

4 posted 2009-02-06 04:42 PM

lost one more night....as sleepless....
all your poems creating an portrait in my my mind...., leadng us to a strange, marvlous world.....

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

5 posted 2009-02-06 05:28 PM

Ah, wonderful! This reminds me why I celebrate Mother's Day every day with a prayer of thanksgiving.

art

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2009-02-06 05:43 PM

I enjoyed this very much, Boshii. Thank you for sharing through the tears.

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