The prompt today at ReadWritePoem
reminded me of my Mother and Miss Foley. Seeing it is my Mother’s birthday, I
felt compelled to write a poem about her…and yes, the heroism from the mother-within-both
of us. Let me know what you think.
Here is the prompt:
As a child, Jessica
GC says she had two heroes: Wonder Woman and her mother. “To me, they were
one and the same,” says Jessica. “Both had long dark hair. Both were strikingly
beautiful, and both had incredible strength.”
Write a poem in which you to pay tribute to your hero, past or present.
What
She Saw
I
remember sitting on stairs
Alongside
Mom as she
Watched,
so still, so quiet, so reflective
No
need to talk
No
need to whine away her focus
So
it would land on my face
Her
hand moved, with care and skill
As
she sketched, as she made the
Home
across the street take perfect
Form, on the paper turning
From
three dimensional color to one
Dimensional
pencil on paper
In
October she said, “I can’t believe
You
remember that…”
The
little girl, watching
Was unknowingly looking at her future
Her
mother’s grandson, hand on
The
little girl’s shoulder
Silently
saying “I am here”
The
little girl’s knowing watched
forty
years forward and forty
years,
back - -
Love
was what she saw
Oh you are so lucky!
Pamela
Posted by: pamela | April 20, 2010 at 05:48 PM
Beautiful, Julie!
Posted by: Sheila Finkelstein | April 20, 2010 at 09:54 PM
Great stuff! I am reminded, by your penultimate verse especially, of the native Australian's 'Dream Time': forty thousand years, and all that. And I think this kind of mother daughter learning, teaching, growing, watching fits really well with that reference.
Posted by: Eryl Shields | April 21, 2010 at 11:24 AM
I love your last line.
http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com
Posted by: Tilly Bud | April 21, 2010 at 02:14 PM