Mother's Day

PACollin

We held each other
in the crumbling driveway,
my dear ones waiting 
in the idling car behind us.

You hung on for forever-
forever, wrapped in what
felt like loss, or love,
or love trapped by loss.

It was a speck but familiar,
repeated over decades
it became a Mother's love
and her heartache too.

She has bridled well 
these warriors of pain and grace
but she can take care now 
as I invite them to melt in to my arm.

She pulls me closer,
which is telling and brave.
Thank you for the proximity, I whisper
thank you for your molding grace

Thank you for this speck,
the moment confers a license to feel.
I turn to the beauty in the idling car
resolved to hold them forever too.

  • Author: PACollin (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 17th, 2017 12:49
  • Comment from author about the poem: A moment where I stepped back from discomfort and into understanding.
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  • Laura🌻

    Beautiful write! Caring, sensitive, loving...Very relatable to me and my husband! I had to share it with him!

    • PACollin

      Thank you, I am glad it resonated with you.



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