A repost of an old poem in honour of Mother’s Day here in the UK… perhaps more poignant this year than ever…
I see my mother’s hands before my eyes
The first caress that I had ever known,
And with a thrill of wonder realise
The hands I see before me are my own.
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Where did the decades go, I have to ask,
At what point did my springtime slip away?
Is this mid-summer sun in which I bask
Or has the autumn brought a shorter day?
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A mellowing has softened me, I know,
Yet coloured me with richer hue and shade,
And written on my face a map to show
The world the choices I have made.
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I too can read the story as I look
Of all the things of which I am a part,
The journey traced in lines upon the book
Within the…
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The Reluctant Poet 