She Never Gave It A Thought

Real life, a woman raising kids who never gave it a thought as to the sacrifice that she made for them all, in never giving it a thought ...

She Never Gave It A Thought ...

Written By Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

Copyright © 2014 Marvin Thomas Cox

DBA: Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

All Rights Reserved

She carried them each inside her womb,

and they never gave it a thought --

feeding them from breast to baby spoon

and they never gave it a thought.

She put all her personal dreams on hold

and they never gave it a thought --

so that she might see their dreams unfold

and they never gave it thought.

She did without fancy, frilly, pretty, things

and they never gave it a thought --

slaving to pay for their graduation rings

and they never gave it a thought.

She hid her tears as each child moved away

and they never gave it a thought --

to reminisce of days of watching them play

and they never gave it thought.

She sat all alone on so many lonely nights

and they never gave it thought --

to wonder if to be forgotten was her plight

and they never gave it a thought.

She was overjoyed to see them at her door

and they never gave it thought --

cooking food she did not have once more

and they never gave it a thought.

She cleaned up the mess they left behind

and they never gave it a thought --

in hoping for help from the welfare line

and they never gave it thought.

She gave them gifts on birthdays and such

and they never gave it a thought --

spent her last dime in loving them so much

and they never gave it a thought.

She wished not to be a burden in her death

and they never gave it a thought --

in making payments against her last breath

and they never gave it a thought …

________

… She looked so peaceful in her plain dress,

and they had never given it a thought --

having no fine clothes in which to dress,

and they had never given it a thought ...

She had closed her eyes, pictures in hand,

and they had never given it a thought --

leaving this world for the promised land,

and they had never given it a thought ...

She gave up her life to raise her children --

and she never gave it a thought ...

(Written September 22^nd, 2014)

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

The photo was beautiful and the story was wonderful Marvin. I have known people like her. They loved us in the good days or bad. You create a painting of a kind and amazing woman. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you for your very kind words ...

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[Leigh]

This is a beautiful tribute

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you very much, Leigh ...

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

I miss you, Irma ... You truly were the light and love of my Life

Your Husband,

Marve

[Dave Brown]

yes, it is a bummer, however, reality is that a huge number of us experience the same thing.
We have two older grandchildren living next door and in the same vein, I can't remember the last time either one initiated contact.
An unfortunate situation well expressed

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you for reading Dave, and for the supportive input from within your own life ... 'Tis sad but true, we rarely appreciate that which our parents do, until they are gone and but a song of memories which suddenly begin to roll past our eyes and through our lives, in unquenchable regret of all we failed to appreciate, say or do, with nothing left to do but meditate and contemplate upon how much we loved them, but failed to tell them so, because we really never really expected them to die or go to that land of the dead that is called the grave ...

[Aura]

A mother's sacrifice for the betterment of her kids,watching them grow, cooking for them, loving them, buying all of their toys, books, and they never thought about it, never said thank you. Nor did the mother ever wish things were different because she loved her children too much for that. A mother's sacrifice goes deeper than the surface, children may not see it now, but when they get older and wiser it will be shown. Thanks for sharing this candid piece!

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you ...! ... My candidness sometimes makes up for my true lack of Poetic talent ...

[Aura]

My pleasure, and you do have poetic talent, all talents start somewhere, you just practice at it and you get better! Plus two of the poems I've read of yours has one line that's always being repeated, it's called a refrain, a line that's repeated. It's cook how you integrate the line repeatedly like that! You have great talent!

[Angus Ford]

A truly raw and beautiful piece, it raised anger inside me as well at the sacrifices made from a wonderful woman that were completely unappreciated. Knowing the back story stirred up more in me my friend. I really think its an ecxcellent poem in its brutal honesty and the emotions it provokes

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you for your very kind words, my friend ...

Marve

[Angus Ford]

More than welcome my valued friend

[jacob erin-cilberto]

This is such a stirring tribute to your late wife, Marve.
She must have been one hell of a lady...Never gave it a thought.
It reminds me of my dad and how he was. Always put my mom first, then my sister and me.
He never did for himself...always for us...and I doubt he ever gave it a second thought, either.
j.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you, Jacob, and, yes, she was a hell of a lady, and much more than I ever deserved for sure and certain ...

Marve

[Chris Shaw]

Beautiful poem about the unconditional love a mother gives to her children. She will go to the end of the earth for them. On the other hand some of the young can be selfish and uncaring. I thank my lucky stars that I am appreciated. Sometimes we don't know what we've got till it's gone. A fine composition, a tribute to a selfless lady.

Chris

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you so much, Chris, for reading and for the vert kind words that do touch my aging old fart's heart as I wrote this piece at a time wherein I did feel like our children never gave a true thought to all the sacrifices that my, now late wife, made for them during the years of our separation ending in Divorce (should be a word termed as Profanity) to then see us back together again with me, Kissing The Lips That Always Felt Right (to be posted here soon ... When we are young we take so many things for granted as our parents give all to see us grow, be happy, and succeed ... And then, the next generation duplicates the mistakes that we, and our parents before us, have made ... Sadly, a laughable matter, because Human Nature shan't change anytime soon ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Chris Shaw]

So pleased you provided more info Marvin. Thank you.