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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2004-05-07 07:35 AM

She feeds silver birds
platinum white locks,
kissed by golden halo sun,

basking in heavenly light
fitting adornment
for this angel,
forever young and beautiful to me,

somewhat fragile now,
tattered patches gathered
on her quilt of life,

threads of a hard life's stress
woven together with grace
touched by her loving hands,

she is everything
i could only imagine to be,

i am at best a twisted twig
tainted and vain, hopelessly human,
to her, the saintly tree,

she is in tune with birds above,
while i strain to merely listen and grasp,
at some semblance of life's meaning,

she stands now in later years,
at the beconing
of nearby eternity,

i wish her soul
for some very deserved peace
to fill her remaining earthly years
before the call back home,
as she will have to wait
some time there, for me,

for now, i am grounded, time spent
tending to my own garden,
athough her shadow will always
transcend back to those below
lookin over the harvest
she lovingly reaped,

she reached for my arm today,
crossing winter weary streets of snow
and i looked into her kind and wise eyes
and saw for the first time
both her timelessness and her fragility,

and my heart
at that moment
cried of the truth,

as i wondered, though somewhat selfishly,

of when her stay on earth is done
who will then,
as i must still remain,
be there when,
she is gone,

who will be there, then,
to mother
me?

muted

Member Elite

since 2004-01-15

Posts 2949
Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

1 posted 2004-05-07 09:25 AM

beautiful

youve written this so delicately...no matter what, she will always be in your blood...always part of you

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-05-07 09:37 AM

Beautifully expressed Michele...
and very much understood and enjoyed.
Hugs~

~ Trace my body with your words,
in doing so, you touch my heart ~

kayjay
Member Elite

since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

3 posted 2004-05-07 09:41 AM

As my mom aged, still able to mother her flock, there came a time when we learned to mother her and then we learned how much she had given us.
Beautiful write. You've some lovely phrasing and word choice. Well done. KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

4 posted 2004-05-07 09:54 AM

This is so sweet and loving, Michele.
Straight from a daughters heart.

Hugs and Happy Mothers Day,
Ethel

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2004-05-07 12:07 PM

This is touching, sad, and beautiful

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

6 posted 2004-05-07 06:51 PM

It fills my heart with deep joy to read such a wondrous tribute to your Mom. Most precious emotions so very lovingly expressed.
Love, Margherita

bklynboy
Senior Member

since 2002-12-15

Posts 660
florida

7 posted 2004-05-09 08:53 AM

Very nice treat for Mother's Day. Glad your mom is still here, wish mine was. Happy Mother's Day to you!

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

8 posted 2004-05-09 09:13 AM

thanks for reading of my dear mama

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

9 posted 2004-05-09 07:06 PM

Inked One -- What an adornment you have crowned your mother with today -- so very beautiful! And, I certainly know that no one could ever be mother to me other than my own.

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