Mothers Day Poem

For my mother Maria Jackson Taggart 1926-2011

oh Mother oh mother oh mother

this day this day this day

this day is your day.

You gave every day to me.

You held my little hand.

You wiped my little nose and butt.

You took up for me.

You said,

Don’t ask for my pity

You said,

Don’t use that word,

don’t ever use that word.

You said,

Those people are okay.

You said

You can be anything

you want to be.

You said

That’s my child and

you better back off

You said

“I love you”

again and again and again

until I knew it.

Oh mother oh mother oh mother

This day

and all my days

are yours.

Read about the happy mother’s day tradition at Gypsy

david michael jackson  May 9, 2012  editors@artvilla.com