May 12 2007
My Mother
My mother never
told her heart to me
told her dreams to me
told her joy to me
told her tears to me.
But
I knew them just the same.
I knew her just the same.
I loved her for
all the things she never said
but felt.
She gave me
my life
my eyes
my skin
my hands and
my temper.
She gave me
my restless mind
and the challenge
to put words to her
and All
she didn’t say.
copyright 2007
(happy mother’s day, mom. love, me)
7 responses so far
{mouth hanging open}
Intense. Poignant and painfully beautiful.
Adjectives suck sometimes because they rarely get to the heart of the matter.
This moved me, Sarah.
~m
michael,
my mother has always been a bit of an enigma to me - as you know - yet i seem to know her well. in many ways, i suppose we are those who gave us life, whether we understand or not.
love,
sarah
This is lovely Sarah…she obviously did a wonderful job in her role as mother…
Kelly
thank you, kel. happy mother’s day to you. i hope zoe had a nice surprise for you this morning.
sarah
Dear Sarah,
It seemed you have taken the opposite direction in your personality, that you have been creative and expressive of your thinking, feelings, and profundity. I admire your mother in that she seemed to be more potent in the silence that is full of the symphony of mother-daughter love.
Mother-daughter relationships keep civilized society, intact, as I have posited in my book critique of the Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan.
Right now I’m trying to do the same with my mom.
Expressive and a rare revelation,
Tom
hi tom,
yes, you’re right - she was more potent in her silence, hard for a little girl to understand, but easier in retrospect. thank you for your kind words.
love,
sarah
Beautiful Sarah. Thanks for sharing this piece.
I think I can identify with having a potently silent parent. Actually I had one of each. They both had their benefits and their drawbacks. I just wish at times I would have realised that sooner……
Well, at least one can hope that I’ll try to pick the best from both of them including myself when raising my own children, should I be blessed with them.
SP
thank you, spaz. i think i had that idea about your parents from different pieces of yours that i’ve read. it would have been easier to know it sooner, though, yes?
i am certain you will make a wonderful mother - you have too much heart to do otherwise.
sarah
Brilliant brilliant brilliant.
Absolutely beauitful. Period.
thank you, darling girl.
sarah
I agree. Stunning.
I wish I had the words…
oh heather, you most definitely have the words. you are so much more of a poet than i am.
sarah