Better than anything,
her cuteness makes me smile.
Underneath the maple tree,
we laugh for a very long while.
The next thing we both know,
the sun is nearing its stage to set.
Time seems like our enemy
when we realize that’s all we get.
End-of-day loveliness
stretches across the carnation sky.
Remembering the late hour,
still deferring the day’s goodbye.
Yesterday’s such as this
often leave a feeling of bittersweet.
But those memories, they fill us
on days when we’re incomplete.
Illusions of everlasting delight
remain cradled upon our chests.
So many things a mother suffers,
the losses are hard to digest.
Come what may we say in quiet,
as the years start to pass us by.
Until the end draws nearer
and we’re left with all the why’s.
It’s the not knowing that hurts the most;
the answers never found.
This life is never easy,
but we do our best to be around.
Silently we pass; still, nobody ever knows
all a mother suffers and endures
as they watch their babies grow.
© 2022 Michelle Cook
Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/mother-child-family-daughter-girl-3793521/
Writing prompt: Buttery biscuits – given to me by my very sweet daughter, Autumn Rose.
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Beautifully penned, Michelle! Read it over and over again. I felt a pang in my heart after I’d read it. More power to you! : )
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Awww… thank you. 🙂
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Oh such a touchy and beautiful write💗🌷! The last stanza is especially gorgeously heart-capturing!
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Thank you, Annabel. Your lovely comment means so much to me. ❤️
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Most welcome! 🥂 cheers!🥳🥳
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It is beautiful and yet it made me cry. I have my oldest in the military and in another country. Not hearing his voice, not seeing him, not being able to hug him and not being able to see with my own eyes that he is safe is painful. I felt your words.
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Oh I know this feeling all too well. 🥲Hugs to you… I hope you hear from him soon. ❤️xo
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The title of this piece pulled me right in and I love the unexpected turn the writing took! 💚
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Thanks! I decided to do an acrostic to make the word prompt a little easier. My daughter who gave me the prompt was surprised by the outcome and we both just ended up laughing because the poem was originally meant to be funny. It definitely didn’t turn out that way. Lol…
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A great share M!!
I hope you are doing well.
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Thank you, Devang. I hope you are too.
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This is a very sweet, gentle poem. I love it.
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Thank you… ❤️
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You’re welcome.
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You give us deep and heartfelt reflections and life lessons in your lyrics.
A pleasure to read you.
Best regards.
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Thank you, this means so much to me. 🙂
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I love the Michelle. I totally relate and especially to this line. Heartfelt and so beautiful.
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“Silently we pass; still, nobody ever knows
all a mother suffers and endures
as they watch their babies grow.”
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Thank you, dear Cindy. Much love to you… ❤️
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You’re so welcome my dear friend. Thanks or the love and back at you! 💖💖
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We are left with a set of whys
A bunch of regrets
👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
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It’s true, and it’s so hard because life is full of obstacles that we never expect.
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This is painful and beautiful. Why must they grow so fast?
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Thank you, Bridgette. It’s definitely hard letting them go. 🥲
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