Friday, May 24, 2019
Two Mothers Remembered I had two Mothers - two Mothers I claim Two different people, yet with the same name. Two separate women, diverse by design, But I loved them both because they were mine. The first was the Mother who carried me here, Gave birth and nurtured and launched my career. She was the one whose features I bear, Complete with the facial expressions I wear. She gave me her love, which follows me yet, Along with the examples in life that she set. As I got older, she somehow younger grew, And we'd laugh just as Mothers and daughters should do. But then came the time that her mind clouded so, And I sensed that the Mother I knew would soon go. So quickly she changed and turned into the other, A stranger who dressed in the clothes of my Mother. Oh, she looked the same, at least at arm's length, But now she was the child and I was her strength. We'd come full circle, we women three, My Mother, the first the second and me. And if my own children should come to a day, When a new Mother comes and the old goes away, I'd ask of them nothing that I didn't do, Love both of your Mothers as both have loved you. by Joann Snow Duncanson
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