A P O L L O
Apollo, Greek God of
Light
Music
Poetry
Healing
Plagues
Beauty
Fast Forward thousands and thousands of years.
We’re in the Information Age, everything at our
fingertips, everything so accessible.
But there are aspects of our life that only our Mom
can assist us with.
Mom is Apollo.
Mom opens the curtains in the morning.
Light
Mom sings that one song about birds and lullabies when there’s a monster in my closet.
Music
Mom gives me advice when the boy down the street breaks my heart, tells me I don’t need anyone.
Poetry
Mom puts the Band-Aid on my knee when I fall from a tree I wasn’t supposed to climb.
Healing
Mom makes the house quiet when her home is made a mess, when her gifts are ignored.
Plagues
Mom still manages to hug me, even when I choose a path she didn’t forge for me.
Beauty
M O M, Greek God of
Light
Music
Poetry
Healing
Plagues
Beauty
-Isabella Ramirez