October Nineteenth

smilersam

 

 

This day you’ve been alive your full twenty-five

 

And I’m sitting at Our Creek Ben, 

wishing you could know

The rainbow 

in my heart.

 

Years of memories un-predicted

During which I’ve become

Addicted

To being Mum.

 

It’s true I struggle to remember

The sequence of events that day

With clarity

That specialness deserves.

 

And Gone, in the blink of my eye 

Times so rich with learning

With loving, 

With struggling, striving to be all

 

For you, This day you’ve been alive your full twenty-five.

 

Yet resounding through time 

A desperateness that aches

Fills my chest

My desire to be the best

 

And as the old ‘not good enough’ stays present

I push, push it down 

Make it acquiescent,

Remind myself

 

I  do learn, I do love

I  struggle, and yearn and yearn to be 

Yours, your Mum

In only the way Mum Could

 

And what I now should understand is 

No one will share the love 

that though we’re now untied, unites us 

Hand In Glove

 

With the beauty of this day you’ve been alive your full twenty-five.

 

 

  • Author: smilersam (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 19th, 2016 16:34
  • Comment from author about the poem: A poem for my first son's 25th Birthday. With love ...
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Comments2

  • WriteBeLight

    That is very touching.

    • smilersam

      Thank you so much x

    • Yorke

      I often read this poem. You have such a way of showing how you feel, I can absolutely feel your words. I do hope you come back to writing soon!



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