The nurturing discipline you provide when they start to slide
The understanding ear you give them when they come to you to share
The emptiness you feel when they are away
The joy of celebrating their birthday
The things they teach you that you thought you already knew
The love and sensitivity they bring out in you
The new found patience you never thought you had
These things and more define unlike any other
A friend, a confidant, the role of a mother
It’s beyond birthing in so many ways.
Its unselfish acts you give until the end of days.
What defines you as a mother?
It’s not always clear
But you know you must always be there
It’s far from easy and often times lonely too
Nonetheless once tasked you must follow thru
What defines you as a mother is truly hard to say
But once you’re labelled as one it’s a title that can’t be taken away
© Soulmuze 2015
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