Mom...I Love You!

This is for all the moms in the world...just a note of appreciation...

How excited you must have been… 

Eagerly waiting to hear my piercing screams 

as I wailed my novel cry…for the very first time…  

 

 

How impatient you must have been… 

Begging the doctor to let you hold me once

so you could nurse me back to calm again… 

 

 

How thrilled you must have been… 

Trying to peep into my contorted face 

as I lay hidden by your breast, working hard at suckling… 

 

 

How fervent you must have been… 

Attempting to make out from my wrinkled pale features 

if I looked like you or your better half… 

 

 

How anxious you must have been… 

Scrutinising every moment of my growth

as I passed through stages both difficult and easy… 

 

 

How alert you must have been… 

Struggling to hold me safe and secure 

as I took my first baby steps and stumbled…

  

 

How stressed out you must have been… 

Contending with each and every whim of mine

as and when I came up with new and impossible demands… 

 

 

How elated you must have been… 

Beaming with pride and pleasure 

at each success I countered in my life… 

 

 

How concerned you must have been… 

Coping with my whims and fancies 

as I passed through the crucial tweens and teens… 

 

 

How apprehensive you must have been… 

Staying awake to welcome me with rebuke and hot food 

whenever I overstayed a party, or went on a blind date 

 

 

How jubilant you must have been… 

Glowing with joy and satisfaction 

as I graduated and then got settled in a career… 

 

 

How hurt you must have been… 

Attempting to come to terms with the fact

that your little daughter had grown up enough to demand her freedom…

 

 

How wounded you must have been… 

Swallowing tears of pain and hurt 

when I moved away from you…choosing my own happiness over yours… 

 

 

Now, 

  

I eagerly await the kicks in my bowel… 

Trying to make out when the little one in me is moving…

And I imagine how thrilled you must have been for me…

How excited and anxious…elated and concerned…

So like a mother…

that I am going to be tomorrow…

that I am missing today… 

 

 

Mom…I love you! 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Tai Chi Italy]

This is a wonderful journey your enlightened situation, enables you to take us down/ GGG! being a mother brings great insight as well as responsibility, letting them fly away, is the hard too....well done of the poem and congrats on becoming a mum, A mother to be reckoned with, Tai

[Candle in the wind]

This brought silent tears to my eyes.Hope it reaches out to that special woman it is meant for.You have a magical touch of crystalising emotions with your words.I cherish your gift.