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 of Marion

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: August 31st, 2017 03:31
  • Category: Love
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Comments5

  • dusk arising

    Wow poet. Wow. This is so moving. Straight from your soul this must have been painful to write yet i expect it was also a release for you. I feel priveledged to read it. Thank you sincerely.

    • Accidental Poet

      Thanks dusk. That was a very difficult time for me. As I realized it was like ripping her heart out, then also like ripping my heart out to know the pain she had gone through in losing me. She had been lied to and was told I was already gone and adopted. When actually I was still there in the same hospital. Basically I was stolen through the legal adoption process. And she blamed herself for many years. That's one of the reasons I couldn't get over it not being able to take away the guilt she felt. But I eventually came to understand that we'll be together again. Thanks for reading dusk. ; )

    • Goldfinch60

      Very moving write, that love will always be there.

      • Accidental Poet

        Yes it will always be there. Thanks Goldfinch. ; )

      • WL Schuett

        Loving and heartfelt feelings come through, wish it could have been different for you ... good poem

        • Accidental Poet

          Thanks WL. I wish I could have found her before she past. But I know we'll be together again. ; )

        • orchidee

          Sensitive write AP.

          • Accidental Poet

            You have no idea. ; ) Thanks orchidee.

          • myself and me

            "The long and winding road
            Across the depths of time and space
            Has brought me back to her"

            Bind by "The umbilical cord of love".
            Such a moving poem.

            • Accidental Poet

              I think my mother helped me write it. ; ) Thanks m&m.

              • myself and me

                Yes. She did.

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