Marissa Oakley Browne

Marissa Oakley Browne Poems

Mother

You're a mentor, a teacher, a fountain of stories and song, you're my memories and my foundation. You're the deepest love and the safest harbour. Sometimes I want to walk backwards up the birth canal and nestle in your womb, swim in your amniotic fluid, reconnect to the umbilical and be happy inside you. Sometimes I just want to hear your voice or have you say everything will be okay.
You protected me, watched me grow, nurtured me, hoped for me and told me
...

The windowsills run away
from the windows,
the floor shifts over a wave,
a black stain beetles down the wall.
...

Slow down
like raindrops
already fallen,
enjoy the mud
...

Every leaf
acid-free
embossed stationery -
anticipated
...

Did you know
you would give birth
to a new
you
...

I
brought
another
human being
...

good work daddy!
don't forget to put out
the recycling,
end the tantrums,
...

My
Soul
Searches
Far Beyond
...

A marvellous mama creature
With some quirky useful features;
Extra pairs of arms and hands,
A voice recorder for demands,
...

Mother

You're a mentor, a teacher, a fountain of stories and song,
you're my memories and my foundation.
...

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Mother

Mother

You're a mentor, a teacher, a fountain of stories and song, you're my memories and my foundation. You're the deepest love and the safest harbour. Sometimes I want to walk backwards up the birth canal and nestle in your womb, swim in your amniotic fluid, reconnect to the umbilical and be happy inside you. Sometimes I just want to hear your voice or have you say everything will be okay.
You protected me, watched me grow, nurtured me, hoped for me and told me
I could be anything I wanted.
I don't agree with everything you say; we're different people and different generations - but sometimes I am your mirror image and my voice is your voice and your sayings are my sayings.
And I know, if I had a shop you'd be my best customer, if I opened a library, you'd get a new book every day, if I was a mechanic you'd bring your car to me and boast to your friends about how good I am, if I was a movie star, you'd watch all my movies, and if I didn't do much of anything, you'd still believe in me and find ways to show me I'm worth loving.
If I had to explore the world, you wouldn't stop me spreading my wings even if it made you cry, and when I came back you'd hug me so hard...even if it made you
cry some more.
You invested so much time and love in me, just so I could be independent and live my own life. You'd rather give me away than tear me in half.

I love you

Marissa Oakley Browne Comments

Michael Walker 16 December 2019

She mixes and masters both long, sweeping lines with quite short ones. I hope that she writes many more poems.

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Sheila Rexho 10 May 2018

Amazing! ! ! Like it very much, the style, its sense, so meaningful!

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