A Mother's Day Poem (2) Poem by chantelle ribeiro

I look at you
Still a beautiful woman
but life has written
its complex lessons
upon your face
So different
and yet so much alike
In class, in pride in stubborn stride
You taught me how to fight
the difference between wrong and right
They always said I looked like you
And now that I'm older I see it too
I have your hazel eyes
Your intuition
the love in your heart
your strength, your vision
And now in these Autumn years
Through loss and nights of endless tears
The times I missed you, the wasted years
I just need to say
on this Mother's Day
That you are my inspiration