A Poem of Reflection for Mother's Day

Through the Pain

(a poem of reflection on Mother’s Day)

It began with pain, that

beginning you gave

From you came that first

breath granting

new life to a

wonder filled bundle

of flesh

Tiny fingers soon reached

your way, seeking

Not knowing the pain

that sill surrounded

the moment of your

granting of life

to a child

Ahead would be days of teaching

and days of forgetting

For those of us who received

your gift

of creation

had life to live

and plans to make

and so we did

But on this day we pause

to remember your gift

You were our source made

from love and hope

and yes from pain

So thank you

as we whisper

the word,

“Mother”

Jody Seymour

for Mother’s Day 2017