To the Mothers of Children Who Never Were Children

May 10, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Mother’s Day, which is celebrated on May 13^th.

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A Mother’s Day poem to the mothers of children who died in the womb:

To the mothers of children who never were children,

Who died in the womb unnamed and unknown:

You also were mothers, albeit but briefly,

And loved with the love given mothers alone.

Yours was the stirring of life within life,

The being of being all one being knew,

The love of a love that knew only your love,

The world to a world that knew no world but you.

Yours the unspeakable pleasure of giving

Your substance to nurture the creature within;

Yours the inscrutable song of creation,

Bringing to being the dust of the wind.

Death is the end, but never the meaning;

Life is a gift, no matter how long.

You, too, are mothers, the bearers of beauty,

The icons of love to whom this day belongs.https://www.poemsforfree.com/tothem.html

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Mother’s Day

5/7: How Might One Bring to Leaf a Separate Soul

5/8: I See You Working Hard for Me

5/9: Happy Mother’s Day to Childless Mothers

5/10: To the Mothers of Children Who Never Were Children