Songs of Motherhood
To be a mother is to be
rain and sunshine at once
to drown oneself while saving another
and to give hope while being hopeless.
To be a mother is
exciting and scary
with bouts of anxiety and care
preaching self love while hating self
To be a mother is to be
a safe haven and a shield
to endure and suppress needs
while giving off self without restraint.
To be a mother is nights of sleeplessness for a sick child
and sorrowful prayers when it gets worse
to wake up tired and exhausted yet smiling
to tend and nurse
To be a mother is to be everything at once
to see and understand without any clue
to finish sentences and endure tantrums
to want to cry, disappear and yet cook at the same time.
To be a mother is to blamed for not doing enough
and accused of doing too much
to sacrifice and still be sacrificed
to know pain deeply like a first name
To be a mother is all this and more
it is rewarding, fulfilling and unnerving
a gift and a semi curse
it is a blessing mixed with pain, pride, grief and sacrifice.
To be a mother is to want to be a god
And yet fail
it is to read this poem and relate to it
and to pick a line and say - this is me.
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