Poem: Poem For A Good Mother

For it is from your dear womb from which I came Your dear sweet love became the best breath of life Through your courage I could be somebody now I would be a known.

If your love for me had gone away and hid I would not have lived to see this very day I would have sorrowfully enough died away I would have lost hope.

Your love for me never ever lost hope for me once Your motherly dedication always there That enduring love others could not prevent From that warmth came I.

I will pretend that you are alive today That I may imagine you standing here now And thank you from my very heart for the way You helped me to grow.

__Ariel O'Suilleabhain__ is the author of the young adult books “Aurelius” and “The Pond at the Bottom of the Lighthouse.” She also began writing books for small children after she studied art and writing at Southeast Missouri State University.