Mothers Poem by Alexander Downie

After the first scream she lays the child upon her sweat covered breast,
they breath in time, a journey on a winding new road with no end.
Through ripped knees, ferocious fevers and torn hearts her scent never alters,
soothing spectres on fearful nights, smiling through dark days, an apron for a shield.

A fickle friend, a cherished confidant, a shelter from adolescent worries,
striking fearful foes with arrows of devotion and faith in the child,
A coupling of blood that knows no boundaries and gives no surrender,
even in passing the shadow of a Mother’s love will be by your side.