The soft glow behind the curtains
must be morning at last.
The moon is long set.
I am in my mother's house.
She finishes one more sleep
in the room beneath mine.
I am old,
and she is ancient,
Yet still the mother bond
pulls firm as ever --
The body that encased me,
The voice that whispered
the mother secrets that
no infant can remember,
no woman can forget.
She is here yet.
The soft glow of morning,
The deep green fescue growing,
The distant lowing of cows
in a neighbor's field, calling,
Come, my love, my baby,
Come home to me again.
copyright, M.K. Christiansen
August, 2023
10 comments:
You are blessed to have a mother like this.
MK did you write this? It is very touching, very beautiful! I certainly enjoyed your comment on my post about moving to WV. Would love to be living in one of those big old houses near your mother. Sounds wonderful.
These are precious days but hard ones too. Blessings, GM
This is wonderful, Mary Kathryn. I'm so glad you memories and impressions that bind you and your mother together; you've woven the feelings of home and homestead into your poem in such a way as to make it both concrete and universal. Your love is eternal.
Oh, what a beautiful, gentle poem!x
That is beautiful.
Hello MK ! I have just found your blog and YouTube channel and am loving all the beautiful content. The reason for my comment comes from one of your earliest videos in which you make mention of a lady you knew and admired from West Virginia. W.V. is my home and I was eager to ask you if you have lived here or have roots here. Thanks for your time and again, I love your content and have started 'catching up' on the back log!!! God bless you and your family.
Hi MK. I posted earlier but never saw it come up. I'm new here and love your beautiful blog and channel. I've been catching up reading past blogs and was pleased to read references to MY BELOVED HOME..West Virginia!! Did you grow up here or ever get back ?? family here. We are surrounded by beautiful fall colors and I live out in the country with lots of cattle,chickens and chimneys with curling wood smoke. Truly almost heaven. God bless you and your family
M.K. I just found your beautiful blog/YouTube channel. You mentioned W.V. and that is MY BEAUTIFUL HOME!!. Are you native or have family here? I have tried 2-3- times leaving this comment to no avail. Hopefully, this one gets through. God bless.
Having a mother like this is a remarkable blessing for you.
You are welcome to read my most recent post.
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