Motherhood©

Motherhood©

By Felina Silver Robinson

I know that everything I want to be isn’t everything I should be

But my heart doesn’t seem to care

Many a time when they pass me by

I wonder if it’s because I didn’t care enough to spend the time

To see that I was primed to do as they do and say as they say

But both my voice and my actions are my own

I won’t tell a lie

I can’t say I’ve never been out of line

For a time I was a wild one

Until the moment my first was born

Then I became the doting mother

That would let no other

Come between us

Each child that since came to me

Carries my love in their heart

With each breath

That comes upon them

Brings to me never-ending moments

Of overwhelming happiness