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The Mothers Who Were
Happy Mothers' Day all you mothers.
I was once a mother (times three) but have no children to show you. I wrote a poem 10 years ago for "ex-mothers" like me. This is fully copyrighted but offered freely for personal, non-profit use. May it ease the wounded heart, like mine...on this day.
The Mothers Who Were
Who sings for those no longer mothers?
Who sings for the mothers that were?
Who eases their day
When their babes slipped away
And left them the mothers who were?
For I am one and there are others.
Not all the babes who begin go on.
Some babes are miscarried soon.
Just as you begin
To feel the new life within,
The blood flows with your moon
And the sweet life within you is gone.
Some babes are born but then die,
Who knew your touch and your breast.
The milk will still flow
Now with nowhere to go.
Somehow you can't rest
You can only sit there and cry.
Who sings for those no longer mothers?
Who sings for the mothers that were?
Who eases their day
When their babes slipped away
And left them the mothers who were?
For I am one and there are others.
Copyright Aileen Terra 1998 and all rights reserved.
Permission fully granted for personal or educational use.
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