FOR MOTHER

In what form

will we emerge

from delicate thread

bound

together

      in life

      we create

as time unwinds

   two

   in

   one

   smiling

   gentle song

   I know

Mother

whose touch

sooths youthful burning

      and tears

      that wash sadness

      from my face

      stained red with embarrassment

whose love

never waivers

      stands strong by my side

      with watchful eyes

      lets me fly

      free

      over dangerous water

      our face

      reflecting

      one love

      above all fear

never far

I feel your heart

      beat mine

      and a new voice comes calling

      familiar

      is the face 

      that arrives

      smiling

Robert Hnasko