The Umbilical Cord Of Love

Accidental Poet



A cold and dark New Year’s Eve

Celebration the world over

Sidney, Singapore, Moscow, Rome and London

Swiftly, time crosses into a new millennium

And there sit I

Watching history being made around the globe

Unwillingly, I give in to realization

My quest of ten years searching

For the Mother who gave me life

The dawning of a new century with still no answers

Like Niagara Falls, the tears flowed

No holding back what will not stay

Suddenly, a warmth from deep within

Surrounding me with a love I’d not yet known

I always thought the warmth I felt

Came from the sun above

A renewed determination to continue the search

Little did I know

It’s that warmth within my heart

From Heaven she beckons me so true

Soon, the sadness of truth is revealed to me

Five years too late

January 10, 1995

Another date, engraved on the walls of my heart

The price for fear of the unknown

So onward I push for a meeting of hearts

When on the day before Mother’s Day in 2000

Searching through archives of obituary pages

I knew not the face

Only her name 

Then across a screen, a picture flashed by

“Wait go back, that’s her”

I actually recognized a face I’d not seen in forty-three years

Like looking in a mirror

The furnace within my heart roars with emotions

Not half an hour later, I stood at her grave

The long and winding road

Across the depths of time and space

Has brought me back to her

Love without end

Between Mother and Son

The umbilical cord of love

 

Copyright © Accidental Poet 2003

  • Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 15th, 2020 19:13
  • Comment from author about the poem: In a note to one of you, we talked of our first poems. Mine, I'd thought I would post here, but now I remember was on of number of poems I'd lost by mistakenly hitting the wrong button some years ago. But this is one that still survived.
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  • Goldfinch60

    So glad that you found your Mum but so sad that she had passed but that umbilical cord of love will now never be broken.

    Andy

    • Accidental Poet

      No Andy, the umbilical cord of love can never be broken. Thanks for the visit.

    • orchidee

      A sensitive write AP.

      • Accidental Poet

        The first 3 years after I found her were pure Hell for me, but I'm sure it was no picnic for her for the 43 years prior to my finding her. Thanks for your comments and the read Orchi.



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