WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
9th Apr 2025 11:55am
9th Apr 2025 11:55am
mama dilemma
9 of 30
I still hear laughter through the floorboards
& smile to myself
even as my heart constricts
...for a long painful moment
the sound doesn't ring quite as true
...slightly fractured...
it's the thing that makes a mother flinch...
she was in love...giddy with it
sighing over her coffee
smiling secretly as she washed dishes
it's been a rough few years
filled with isolation...medications...changes
retreating from a world no longer welcoming
I wanted more than anything for this to be her bliss ...
I still hear laughter through the floorboards
& smile to myself
even as my heart constricts
...for a long painful moment
the sound doesn't ring quite as true
...slightly fractured...
it's the thing that makes a mother flinch...
she was in love...giddy with it
sighing over her coffee
smiling secretly as she washed dishes
it's been a rough few years
filled with isolation...medications...changes
retreating from a world no longer welcoming
I wanted more than anything for this to be her bliss ...
#daughter
#disappointment
#hope
#love
#motherhood
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WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
6th Apr 2025 11:43am
6th Apr 2025 11:43am
one to the next...
6 of 30
as so often happens
she just proved that old adage
{maybe it's just a joke...I don't know}
but it's so frequent I think it should be
...more than just accepted as a maxim
I opened my mouth
& my mother came out
it used to drive her crazy
not so much anymore
as she's seeing firsthand
the wisdom in what she's saying
was once heard emitting from my lips...previously
& sometimes we speak...
...in stereo
{I giggle}
while she rolls her eyes & purses her lips ...
as so often happens
she just proved that old adage
{maybe it's just a joke...I don't know}
but it's so frequent I think it should be
...more than just accepted as a maxim
I opened my mouth
& my mother came out
it used to drive her crazy
not so much anymore
as she's seeing firsthand
the wisdom in what she's saying
was once heard emitting from my lips...previously
& sometimes we speak...
...in stereo
{I giggle}
while she rolls her eyes & purses her lips ...
#daughter
#mother
#tradition #wisdom
#tradition #wisdom
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4 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
5th Apr 2025 2:08pm
5th Apr 2025 2:08pm
Solemnized
05/30
Solemnized
I remember the day, as if it was yesterday
Samantha laid her hands upon my brow
whispered her last spell, brushed her lips
against my NOW, and ceded her spirit.
I am unable to yet, let go of my memory
of when Charity died. NO PARENT
should ever have to endure this type of
grief.
My Mom died March 2025, but I found
my Daughter and my attachment
cemented -- something I thought I left
let go -- a long time ago.
My Daughter died very very VERY young
But when I chatted with her...
Solemnized
I remember the day, as if it was yesterday
Samantha laid her hands upon my brow
whispered her last spell, brushed her lips
against my NOW, and ceded her spirit.
I am unable to yet, let go of my memory
of when Charity died. NO PARENT
should ever have to endure this type of
grief.
My Mom died March 2025, but I found
my Daughter and my attachment
cemented -- something I thought I left
let go -- a long time ago.
My Daughter died very very VERY young
But when I chatted with her...
#daughter
#death
#love
#memories
#spiritual
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Ambjr
Poem Published
25th Feb 2025 9:08pm
25th Feb 2025 9:08pm
the storm I created
she broke into this world
a storm wrapped in pink blankets
the daughter that borrowed my eyes
my temper
my frown
my tendency to stand
at the edge of shadows
what else could we do but spark?
squarin up over nothin and everythin
we catch fire the same way
quiet and hot
both refusin to bend or break
same flush in our cheeks
I still see her as four
hands on her hips
determination set
in the corners of her mouth
small voice deliverin judgement
speakin fluently in...
a storm wrapped in pink blankets
the daughter that borrowed my eyes
my temper
my frown
my tendency to stand
at the edge of shadows
what else could we do but spark?
squarin up over nothin and everythin
we catch fire the same way
quiet and hot
both refusin to bend or break
same flush in our cheeks
I still see her as four
hands on her hips
determination set
in the corners of her mouth
small voice deliverin judgement
speakin fluently in...
#addiction
#daughter
#fatherhood
#PersonalGrowth
#redemption
170 reads
4 Comments
Ashriyon
Poem Published
12th Feb 2025 5:46pm
12th Feb 2025 5:46pm
I still love you
You left me, but I still stay by you,
You slapped me, yet I reach for your hand too.
You never said you loved me, it’s true,
But still, in my heart, I whisper I love you.
You called me names, yet I laugh it away,
In shadows of hope, I choose to stay.
You never call for me, that's how it may be,
Yet I write you my words, in silence, you see.
You slapped me, yet I reach for your hand too.
You never said you loved me, it’s true,
But still, in my heart, I whisper I love you.
You called me names, yet I laugh it away,
In shadows of hope, I choose to stay.
You never call for me, that's how it may be,
Yet I write you my words, in silence, you see.
#daughter
#mother
#responsibility
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missjem56
Poem Published
11th Feb 2025 2:54pm
11th Feb 2025 2:54pm
The Most Beautiful Of All Memories!
Magic moments in my life
Have been rare, and scarce
But helping with my daughters birth
Was beyond all compare
More wonderful than a summers day
And it's myriad beauty on display
Our daughter, was an anniversary gift to one another
A gift of love, like no other
She'[s brought sunshine
Into a cold, and icy March prelude
Light as a feather, and at first subdued
I'm still in awe, and wonder
At an amazing midwife so true
Who helped me, help my partner through
The culmination, a few days shy of thirty seven weeks
The early...
Have been rare, and scarce
But helping with my daughters birth
Was beyond all compare
More wonderful than a summers day
And it's myriad beauty on display
Our daughter, was an anniversary gift to one another
A gift of love, like no other
She'[s brought sunshine
Into a cold, and icy March prelude
Light as a feather, and at first subdued
I'm still in awe, and wonder
At an amazing midwife so true
Who helped me, help my partner through
The culmination, a few days shy of thirty seven weeks
The early...
#birthday
#daughter
#happiness
#love
#memories
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WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
27th Dec 2024 9:31pm
27th Dec 2024 9:31pm
be the fire
in the early hours of morning
as dawn warmed the darkened sky
I stood transfixed
when a single star flashed brightly
lighting up a fading night
leaving me deeply moved
thoughts whispering softly
stirring in my mind
what would I say to you
if this was my last day
what wishes would I cast your way
what images would I press into your upturned palms
kissing & imbuing them with all my hopes
infusing your dreams
willing them into being
and then it occurred to me
I don't want you reading an unsent...
as dawn warmed the darkened sky
I stood transfixed
when a single star flashed brightly
lighting up a fading night
leaving me deeply moved
thoughts whispering softly
stirring in my mind
what would I say to you
if this was my last day
what wishes would I cast your way
what images would I press into your upturned palms
kissing & imbuing them with all my hopes
infusing your dreams
willing them into being
and then it occurred to me
I don't want you reading an unsent...
#daughter
#love
254 reads
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Green_Arrow
Poem Published
25th Dec 2024 2:34pm
25th Dec 2024 2:34pm
My Daughter Is Not Here To Give You Your Present
Merry Christmas. I'm sorry that my
daughter is not here to give you
your present. I've decided
to save her the trouble
and do that for her.
So, don't you want
to strip and
hump me
now?
daughter is not here to give you
your present. I've decided
to save her the trouble
and do that for her.
So, don't you want
to strip and
hump me
now?
#Christmas
#daughter
#dialogue
#fiction
#sex
169 reads
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
17th Dec 2024 1:01am
17th Dec 2024 1:01am
POWER OF UNITY
For sure we all can remember a time in each of our lives 🥰 when we use to connect on so many ways of subconscious, thoughts on the things that truly matter to us as family and friends. But yet it's changed from the deepness into negativity, of what was created by those before us, when we weren't even born into the world 🌍 For sure as I keep those thoughts as motions, pictures of images of good times with the elders, of the truth seekers of our family roots. I remember so many stories about the deepness of the truth, there was a time when we had laugh together and moments when...
#brother
#daughter
#father
#memories
#mother
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3 Comments
buckaduck
Poem Published
13th Dec 2024 6:21pm
13th Dec 2024 6:21pm
Prize Bird
Well, good morning, Tweety Bird,
Such a pleasant surprise,
With your mother's sharp wit,
And, lo, myself in those eyes.
How I've loved your sweet song,
Both the coos and the cries,
For the year it has been,
As the time swiftly flies.
In the contest I've invented,
Among fathers worldwide,
I've won loveliest daughter,
But you are my prize.
Such a pleasant surprise,
With your mother's sharp wit,
And, lo, myself in those eyes.
How I've loved your sweet song,
Both the coos and the cries,
For the year it has been,
As the time swiftly flies.
In the contest I've invented,
Among fathers worldwide,
I've won loveliest daughter,
But you are my prize.
#birthday
#daughter
#family
#fatherhood
#love
94 reads
1 Comment
nutbuster
D C
D C
Poem Published
24th Nov 2024 7:03pm
24th Nov 2024 7:03pm
In My Mind the Years I Missed
In My Mind the Years I Missed
It was her very first day of school
I walked with her to school that day
And she held my hand all the way
We walked together quiet and sad
A little girl and her loving dad
Into the school, I led
But I almost cried when she said
“Daddy, Daddy, please don't go
Please don't leave me alone here
I'll miss you if you go”
And I might need you; can't you stay
My little Daughter, please don't cry
You'll be okay, so dry your eyes
You have me in your heart
We're together, though...
It was her very first day of school
I walked with her to school that day
And she held my hand all the way
We walked together quiet and sad
A little girl and her loving dad
Into the school, I led
But I almost cried when she said
“Daddy, Daddy, please don't go
Please don't leave me alone here
I'll miss you if you go”
And I might need you; can't you stay
My little Daughter, please don't cry
You'll be okay, so dry your eyes
You have me in your heart
We're together, though...
#daughter
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3 Comments
amari25
Poem Published
14th Nov 2024 3:21pm
14th Nov 2024 3:21pm
Hold my hand
What do I do
It's been thirteen years now
Now he wants to be a dad
I dont know what to do
Do I continue to hold your hand
I feel this one you have to feel on your own
It's hard when I've protected you for so long
Does mommy let go of your hand and let the pieces fall
I just want to hold it longer and protect you from having to feel it all
Look at me baby girl
Help me what to do
I am here look at your hand
I'm not ready to stop mothering you
It's been thirteen years now
Now he wants to be a dad
I dont know what to do
Do I continue to hold your hand
I feel this one you have to feel on your own
It's hard when I've protected you for so long
Does mommy let go of your hand and let the pieces fall
I just want to hold it longer and protect you from having to feel it all
Look at me baby girl
Help me what to do
I am here look at your hand
I'm not ready to stop mothering you
#daughter
#love
147 reads
6 Comments
DU Poetry : Poems for and About Daughters Seeking Friendly Advice
