My children, how can I express
Which things of motherhood are best
When wee and needing all my care
To grown and gone and hardly there
My love unchanged, unshakeable
Devotion unmistakable
The feelings that I carry ever
Deplete in concentration? Never!
Our heritage like iron wrought
Set by examples, abstractly taught
Though good and grave are in the mix
Benevolence I hope is fixed
That what you take from all of this
You find your way, while finding bliss
The choices that you face and make
Esteem, respect left in your wake
The best of me I hope comes through
And shines like star in all you do
There is no other perk nor prize
That brings more spark to tired eyes
And though I hardly ask or plead for
Acknowledgment? I have no need for
But wish to show me love today?
My darling ones, oh yes you may!
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