what got you so far? (ode to Mom)

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wordweaver
Junior Member

since 1999-08-19

Posts 25
south carolina

0 posted 1999-08-27 11:48 AM

I've walked what seems like a
million miles or maybe even
two,
but if I had to, I don't
think I could walk half a
mile in your shoes.

I admire you for everything
you do
and all the obstacles you
have made it thru.

All the hills you have
climbed
you've seen so much trouble
it seems like a crime.

Everytime you thought you
were on top
something would happen and to
the bottom you would drop.

Yet thru it all you never
gave in
to the idea that you just
couldn't win.

From the start you had it
hard,
yet you have managed to get
so far.

Even when it all began
it seemed like you were in
sinking sand.

So now you are told you may
not be able to walk on.
That when the doctors are
done
your left leg may be gone.

Immediately my heart fills
with sympathy
and I beg the good lord
"please".

Then something dawns on me
it wasn't your legs that got
you this far...
it wasn't your feet, but
rather your heart.

so in your pain and your
fear I have a question and
the answer is clear.

Was it your legs that took
you to where you are?

Were your legs what got you
thru your worst?
Were they what helped you
survive a divorce?
When you had to raise four
kids,
what took you thru that,
was it your legs that did?

When your new husband had a
heart attack how did your
legs react?
When your husband became
permanently disabled,
was it your legs then that
put food on our table?
When your youngest daughter
was efflicted with scoliosis
what power did your legs
possess?
When you suffered a stroke
and you forgot every word you
had ever spoke,
was it your legs then or your
heart that awoke?
Was it your legs that allowed
you to learn everything all
over again and reintroduced
you to all your friends?
When you went blind what did
your legs do that time?
Which one was it that
restored your sight?
Was the left one or the
right?
When your husband fought with
cancer,
did your legs give you the
strength of a dancer?

so now I ask again, was it
your legs or your heart my
friend?

My prayer to you is don't
give up cause you'll always
have your heart and that's
whats carried you from the
start.

[This message has been edited by wordweaver (edited 08-27-99).]

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 1999-08-27 11:54 AM

This is a lovely ode to your mother.

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Sunshine
Words will always express our feelings true. ~~~ KRJ
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 1999-08-27 12:04 PM

With a heart that strong, she'll make it through.... great poem!

wordweaver
Junior Member

since 1999-08-19

Posts 25
south carolina

3 posted 1999-08-28 06:12 AM

thanks for the comments, this one was the only way I knew how to address a very touching event.

wordweaver
Junior Member

since 1999-08-19

Posts 25
south carolina

4 posted 1999-08-31 05:31 AM

im putting this back up top to ask anyone who reads this to remember my mom on thursday he 2nd, she goes into surgery to have her right leg removed, so please keep your thoughts and your prayers with her

Mon Cherie

Senior Member

since 2001-10-31

Posts 922
Land of Never-ending Summers

5 posted 2003-06-14 12:34 PM

I realise that this was written a long time ago. I really hoped eveything had been well for your mom. This is a really lovely poem, and mothers are juz the most admirable persons on earth.

_,,,^.^,,,_
Florence

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