mothers

Once they were

Small defenseless children

Born into a traumatized world

Turned cold

So now if you rail against her

Take some time to step out side for a while

Of your aggrieved self

Do you understand how it was for her

With so few of the privileges

We now enjoy?

And yet so often even these

Become the blind prison in which we are lost

Sadly she never got to sing and dance

Or be truly cherished and held fast

To a loving heart

To free herself

She worked her fingers to the bone

To make a place

In this world

And even if then

She forgot what was most important

Make sure that you find ways to

Remember

Never turn your back on

Love understanding and empathy

For that will only make you

Ignorant, blind,

Deaf, dumb

And unkind

She may not have given you want you needed

But despite your own pain

Find a way to claim it now

And try your very best

To remember her

With love