Mother

Mother Nature's bright green grass cool to touch yet warm from her sun, ten toes deep and two heels...how...

Echoes and their memories
The laughter bright and unrestrained
The wonder at each new day...

Today is Mother's Day of 2022.
But I can not spend it with you.
You died over nine years ago...

You raised us single-handedly
and heard our appeals and needs
Every day, every year
...

Into a fine distraction
Tell us, that cannot tell our grief
Had not your living structure...

Oh Mother, oh Mother
Your lullaby songs wake me up
when I'm in delicate shape
...

To all the mother figures

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother figures
Some of you are moms...

Happy Birthday my dear Mother, I’m sending all my love up to you;
On Monday, if you were still with...

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Those first pair of pretty eyes that we ever see belongs to our Mother as she cradles us so tenderly...

Where are you Mary

You have always known I’m no
fan of November
So why have you left...

I can't imagine that poor mother's grief
As to his grave she gently lays a wreath
Tears fall...

I held your hands and brushed your hair, as you sat staring in your chair

I talked and talked for...

She looked at me so half heartedly, with squinted eyes that could not see

Cataracts of cruelty had...

The Wind Cried Mary

The wind it
Called her name
And she was gone
But a star...

My mother had a craving for kippers, carrying me,
so the fact that I loved them too was no mystery...