Mom On Hand Poem by Ima Ryma

I am an octopus female,
And feel the maternal instinct,
So do mating with a male,
And make thousands of eggs all linked.
I place the eggs on rocks secure,
And guard them many day and night,
Fanning them often to be sure
When it is time they will hatch right.
The time does come and hatch they do.
I use my muscle fans to blow
My children as they journey to
The ocean life they'll come to know.

All my children go on their way,
And soon I'll die, this Mother's Day.