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A Mother's Duty
It was her duty as a mother, her obligation to care for the child.
But the love came unconditionally as she was told it would.
The love saturated her very being and lit her path.
The needs of the child came first and the sacrifice second nature.
Her exhaustion was masked by smiles of joy and awe at the miracle she bore.
The days passed in a magnificent blur and the mother lost herself within them.
The child thrived, but the mother forgot how to live inside of her own love.
But the love came unconditionally as she was told it would.
The love saturated her very being and lit her path.
The needs of the child came first and the sacrifice second nature.
Her exhaustion was masked by smiles of joy and awe at the miracle she bore.
The days passed in a magnificent blur and the mother lost herself within them.
The child thrived, but the mother forgot how to live inside of her own love.
Published 7th Sep 2017
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7th Sep 2017 7:23pm
sacrifice.
love perhaps the only
one unconditional
expressed well.
welcome
to deep down
underground.
love perhaps the only
one unconditional
expressed well.
welcome
to deep down
underground.
7th Sep 2017 7:27pm
Hullo and welcome
good stuff, nice bend at the end. that's to say it was unexpected. there is a line which i wondered about. I guess it could be a key sentence given the end:
"Her exhaustion was masked by smiles of joy and awe at the miracle she bore. "
wondered about the word 'masked', though after some thought figured it worked well
*hat tip*
good stuff, nice bend at the end. that's to say it was unexpected. there is a line which i wondered about. I guess it could be a key sentence given the end:
"Her exhaustion was masked by smiles of joy and awe at the miracle she bore. "
wondered about the word 'masked', though after some thought figured it worked well
*hat tip*
