My Mother by Whitney Osburn

My Mother by Whitney Osburn
 
The last time I was home
To see my mother we hugged,
Exchanged some laughs,
And she dried my tears.
 
My mother has always
Been there for me.
Even if I didn’t want her to be.
 
Words cant explain
How much I love her.
I know today I
Wouldn’t be here without her.
 
She has done so much,
Words cant explain!
She raised me so well,
I hope I can be
Half the mother she is.
 
My mother has been
There since day one.
She’s held me in her arms,
Till all worries were gone.

My mother is the best mom,

She does my laundry,
Makes me food,
And gives me money,
This mom is the best mom.
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Poem of the Day: Mothers

by Nikki Giovanni

the last time i was home

to see my mother we kissed

exchanged pleasantries

and unpleasantries pulled a warm

comforting silence around

us and read separate books

i remember the first time

i consciously saw her

we were living in a three room

apartment on burns avenue

mommy always sat in the dark

i don’t know how i knew that but she did

that night i stumbled into the kitchen

maybe because i’ve always been

a night person or perhaps because i had wet

the bed

she was sitting on a chair

the room was bathed in moonlight diffused through

those thousands of panes landlords who rented

to people with children were prone to put in windows

she may have been smoking but maybe not

her hair was three-quarters her height

which made me a strong believer in the samson myth

and very black

i’m sure i just hung there by the door

i remember thinking: what a beautiful lady

she was very deliberately waiting

perhaps for my father to come home

from his night job or maybe for a dream

that had promised to come by

“come here” she said “i’ll teach you

a poem: i see the moon

the moon sees me

god bless the moon

and god bless me”

i taught it to my son

who recited it for her

just to say we must learn

to bear the pleasures

as we have borne the pains