Maternal Lament

The following is a
palindrome; read forwards and backwards.


daughter

relies on

mother


speechless love sounds
the loudest

she knows

looking down to see the
glow in her eye


holding her closer than
life

singing today’s melody
while it lasts

praying that time simply
dissolves

caring for the only
person in the world

her life is devoted to


these few years,


will harmonize with the
breeze

because memories

chant a repeated chorus

and regrets

disappear


years

into months

into days

seconds fly

it’s surprising


love

is more important than

time


daughter

has always relied on

mother

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originally published on Crybaby Zine and winner of the McGough Award as “Best of the Best” in the Ligonier Valley Writers Poetry Contest

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