The Mother, The Child

The Mother, The Child

A Poem by Bobbie Coelho

I used to think when a mother had passed over
The holding chain on the anchor of life 
which held you tight
Had forever gone
But I am so wrong!. Oh so wrong!
Nothing wipes that bond which starts at birth
With a mother’s  wondering look
At her perfect child
As she traces the face of the
Most talented babe ever to walk the earth
The bond that unites both
Mother and child will always be
So strong
They may cut the birth cord
But the job has been done by then
Nothing can break it
Not even death

The anchor just sinks further down
Into the loved one’s breast
Ready to offer support and help
At the child’s behest
The love that nothing can move
Is heaven blest.

© 2012 Bobbie Coelho


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This is one of the most delicate pieces I have read! You had written this with much strength and love!

Posted 11 Years Ago


a mother truly is that best angel, that we come from on this earth:)
she does everything for us, from starting to end...and supports us every second:)
everything that i list here for these incredible ladies,
will finally be nothing when compared to their virtuous, and immense beauty:)

you did an incredible job writing this..
i comletely loved this poem:)
very well done:)

and these lines were just greart

"They may cut the birth cord
But the job has been done by then
Nothing can break it
Not even death"


The anchor just sinks further down
Into the loved one’s breast
Ready to offer support and help
At the child’s behest
The love that nothing can move
Is heaven blest."

what else except this could define the beautiful bond..!!

happy writing:)
best wishes
saumya:)

Posted 11 Years Ago


Bobbie Coelho

11 Years Ago

Thank you so much. I wrote this for a friend who ha just lost her mother.
Saumya

11 Years Ago

you r highly welcomed dear:) good to know this dear, hope your friend too loved this write:)
mothers really love their children. if we think our mothers sustain our lives since we are in their womb. i can say that mothers are our greatest companion and a greatest friend God has given to us. good poem for children to let them know the love of their mothers and also their fathers to them.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Love of mother that involves happy pain of motherhood is unconditional.
This is divine , most powerful and never ending.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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Pax
heart warming and very touching feeling.
i enjoyed the heartfelt words of a mother.
well done.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Well this just reached right into my heart and tugged - hard. Lost my own mother five years ago and after the fourth year became able to resume a life with her memory rather than her absence. This is truth. She guides me every day. Words imparted which will be forever part of who I am today. Never severed and to be reunited one day. (My believe anyway).. Thank you for a beautiful piece.

Posted 12 Years Ago


I've not read such a moving account-expeirnce-observation of mother and child unity. Sincere, persuasive, moving and beautifully drafted. Wonderful thanks.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Our best wishes and hopes often collide with reality... this is a reality that is seldom broken - but life happens.

Posted 12 Years Ago


so true........wonderful wisdom penned here. Nothing can stop the unconditional love of a mother.

Posted 12 Years Ago


very true, and very beautifully written, Bobbie. I love the line"the most talented babe ever to walk the earth" Brings back those wondrous memories. Thank you.

Posted 12 Years Ago



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Bobbie Coelho
Bobbie Coelho

United Kingdom



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I am 59, retired, married, have Parkinsons. In addition have written a book called Finding the Light. I have published a second anthology of poetry this year entitled Reflecting the Light more..

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