[A Restless Heart] RAP – How A Mother is Born

Thursday, 28 April 2011

i have heard it said that
a mother is born when a baby is born
but i think that mothers
are born every day after,

when baby first cries,
when she stays up
all that first long night,
when she watches first steps
and receives first flowers,
on first day of kindergarten
watching that first bike ride.

mothers are born

on their baby’s tenth birthday,
and then at 16,
when they drive that first car
and bring that first boy home,
when they graduate school.
when the ends are beginnings,
she’s just seeing her baby.

a mother is born every day while

she learns who her child is,
while she watches them grow,
half-wishing the time back,
half-praying they’ll see.


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7 Responses to “[A Restless Heart] RAP – How A Mother is Born”

  1. L.L. Barkat writes:
    No. 1 — April 28th, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    This is lovely. Yes, born and born and born. What a terrific way of seeing this.
    L.L. Barkat´s last [type] ..The Note

  2. Heather writes:
    No. 2 — April 28th, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    I don’t have to tell you how much I adore this poem. I might have to print it out and hang it up!
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  3. Sharon O writes:
    No. 3 — April 28th, 2011 at 7:32 pm

    And a mother is reborn when her daughter has a baby, grandmothers are the ‘wise’ part of motherhood.
    And a mother is reborn when the college graduate accepts the final step of adulthood.
    And a mother is reborn over and over and over… it is constant.

  4. Ang writes:
    No. 4 — April 28th, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    sharing on facebook! So good!
    Ang´s last [type] ..A List of Things – Gratitude

  5. Mary writes:
    No. 5 — April 29th, 2011 at 1:44 am

    Yes, it is beautiful & so true. There is nothing like being a Mother and being a Grandmother is just as wonderful, but in a different yet in the same way! There is something so special when your daughter becomes a Mother, too!! When you become a Mother you look at your own Mother in a different & special way, also. What a wonderful Legacy we, as Mothers, have to pass on to our children!!

  6. Jo@Mylestones writes:
    No. 6 — April 30th, 2011 at 6:36 am

    Oh I love this. I do.

  7. nance writes:
    No. 7 — May 2nd, 2011 at 12:06 am

    this is good, kelly.

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