Mother's Day: An Open Letter From Your Mother

Mother’s Day Flowers:

An open letter from your mother:

 

An embryo encased within the sheath of a seed,

I have loved you since before you were born.

Enclosed within my womb

I tended to you as you grew.

 

My core danced and spun

pulled by the tender force of my love for you.

Each breath between my lips,

an attempt to sustain a life as I carried you.

 

As you started to bud,

I vowed to nourish and provide for you.

 

But the day you decided to snip your stem,

trees were uprooted

taken out of the ground;

the dirt, forced to dissolve.

My core ceased to turn―

terminating my ability to foster you,

making resources

limited.

 

Yours (only if you choose),

Mother.

 

This poem is about: 
Our world

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