Mama sits
Rocking the world
Caressing their hurts
She holds them
In her strong apron-ed
Lap
Her hands are forged
From the stars
And she bears the
Scars
Of her children's betrayal
At their portrayal
Of the human race
And Mama know the
Dirt
She knows what to do
When you hurt
Though she hurts more
And the same
But she plays the game
And no one touches Mama's children
Hidden in the heavens
With break-back winds
Coursing through her soft whip hair
And her stare
The stare of the moon, cold and hot
Giving just enough
To the ones who wear
Bleeding hearts on cuffs
Mama's made of silk
So delicately woven
Able to deflect a spear
And her tears
Mama's tears
Are licked up like salt water
By the jealous sun
And Mama touches the dying
And heals the sick
With her old-past tricks
And Mama knows
How to treat us
Young and Old
Mama knows
When foreign destroyers invade
She holds up
The home she made
From moonlight and soul
At the same time
Mama holds the one
With the cold
Mama knows
In her arms of rushing waterfalls
And her legs of strongest stone
With lips that surpass
Hades and the highest nectar to hold
Mama knows, Mama knows
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Comments
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very lovely write
with excelent choice of descriptions. keep it up! good luck in the contest ^.^
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This is a wonderful tribute to mothers everywhere. I would love to have this on a card and give it to my mother so she could know how much I appreciate and love her and how invaluable she is to me.
Wonderful write. -
Nice write, well expressed.Thanks for entering
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i like how you modernized the myth of demeter and persephone. there was just some forced rhyming though, but only a little bit.
great write and good luck in my contest!
LXF
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