What will I write to her this year? <br />About the childhood I remember? <br />Wait for the poem to appear <br />in local papers in December? <br /> <br />'If you still have a mother, Sir..', <br />then I could add some 'thorny roses', <br />a 'tiny bug that smiles for her', <br />'a boy, in Lederhosen poses? ' <br /> <br />Yes, memories are never far, <br />they do not ever fade or die, <br />something has left a tiny scar <br />and, like a hiccup, comes a sigh. <br /> <br />A rosebush stands, with patience, waiting <br />for life to take itself in stride, <br />as petals grow to honour mating <br />and thorns are always by her side. <br /> <br />Now, as she bears the signs of age <br />her hand still rests upon your heart, <br />the eve of life, that final stage, <br />it's more a science than an art. <br /> <br />A thread, made strong from hemp, does grow <br />from childhood to advancing years. <br />It binds together (you may know) <br />you and your mother - love and tears. <br /> <br />The cub is slain by human greed, <br />its mother grieves in sheer despair. <br />The fur fulfills a selfish need, <br />about the mother, they don't care. <br /> <br />A child, still young and full of steam <br />falls ill and dies, a message comes <br />to tell her all inside a dream <br />she wakes, and, nervously, she hums. <br /> <br />A mother, let me tell you, friend, <br />will carry burdens, sure to break <br />the strongest man and to the end <br />she will be there when you awake.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-my-mother-mother-s-day-2006-english-version/
