All Mothers Love Their Children..............Yeah, Right! Poem by Mary Nagy
All Mothers Love Their Children..............Yeah, Right!
People always say
''Every mother loves her child...
in her own way.''
That's BULL!
How can you say ALL?
Do they love them when
they are beating them
until they no longer cry?
Well, maybe that's just
''her way''.
Do they love them when
they let them go hungry
because they've spent
their last dollar on booze?
Sure...that's just
''her way''.
Do they love them when
they send them out to buy drugs
for their ''proud parents''?
How can this be
their way to show
love?
I won't listen to it anymore.
If you love a child
you show it.
You LOVE them.
You care for them.
You do what helps them.
You don't hurt them
in the name of love.
Do they love them
as they walk away
and leave them?
I suppose that's just
''their way'' too
right?
I've done my share of booze and drugs. But I never had children of my own. A child to raise would have changed my whole life. like your poem Mary
Exactly, Mary. EXACTLY! Nodding her head at your words, Gina.
Most people have the idea that all Mothers must be loving. Sometimes the troubles in their own lives are taken out on the people nearest to them. This is quite often their own children. Thank God, its not the norm, but the exception. Your poem is a brave write, and proves one thing. Those behaviours, stay with 'us' the children forever. Thank you for sharing your talent. Kindest Regards Slim. x.
Mary, I like the way you used the expression 'their way', it fit perfectly. You make a strong point, as usual. Brian
The title shocked me for a while. You know I' m a fan of Lionel Shriver, so I think I'll avoid the theme and say that this is a truely excellent work., You get through the message well, with carefully chosen words and the piece isvery well paced. love Denis Joe XX
This is powerful, Mary - but you nmeed to go to a level deeper than bitter sarcasm. This is the story of your life. It has the power to destroy you, and may already have partially done so. Now you muist go deeper, as poets do - to the place where you said No, I'm going to live my life despite this pain. And I'm not going to be anything like that. That is a poetry that teaches others how to live - which is what poets do.
Another good one, Mary. But, lest all this praise goes to your head.....PLEASE correct mother's to MOTHERS (its only plural!) .... Na-na-na-naa-na : -) H
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Intense emotion here Mary. I'm with you all the way. Bless you for speaking out. Rusty