The Lost Mothers... Poem by RIC BASTASA

not all mothers nurture
some have also lost their kind ways
their children neglected
others given away

nature has a way of creating
deviant mothers
those who prefer their men
rather than their children

those that slap innocence
those that sell those buds of beauty
before they ever bloom
those that lead them to perdition

but just the same
all are forgotten and forgiven
mothers too commit mistakes
humans as they are
too like everyone

happy mothers' day just the same
from your faithful and forgiving children