Popular Poems for and About Mothers

You were so supposed to love me...
so many times you tried to kill me.  
And you passed my sex around.
Momma - I will never understand.

All I ever wanted was to be loved!

You passed away.  Your whole family...
thought you were faking even as you took
your final breath - I wish I could have...
...kept you safe from death!!!

I never stopped loving you!

So many unanswered questions...
keep me awake at night.
You'd been through it first -
how could you do that all to me?

All I ever...

Mother...
Don't put pictures of me on your wall
I don't want to be there with you
Don't work your magic on me
Sharing your blood is bad enough

You are not lying
just a bitter ache hiding
acceptance is God’s blessing
deep Faith pain healing.

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A mission of Love
not a call of duty! That’s beyond and above
moments in time of devotion
your acts of love, a drop from an ocean
reminiscing weary souls in youth's grasp
cherished and cradled to the last gasp.

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A mission of gratitude
to a soul with noble qualities imbued
a whole journey of giving
a natural spirit of caring
to a precious parent so much we owe
the power of...