Superhero Mom

Inspired by and dedicated to my mom, Terisa Goldblatt.

Superhero Mom

Mom, you gave me life.

You made a choice

for me to thrive.

A million cries, you heard my voice.

What you did for me

none will ever really know--

the perfect blessing of each sneeze

the way you held me close.

Mom, the words no one says enough to you

I try to say them now:

you are a superhero you,

the who, the where, the how.

When I needed one more thing

you brought it when you would,

and when it wasn't meant to be

you quietly wished you could.

Mothers are the Saints unspoken

Mom, you value pales when in compare to this token.

Shopping Trip

You did it all

All the little things

we need

Each one in grace

planting seeds

with the love across your face.

The vegetables that grew me

like the reassurance that you really knew me

when the kids at school thought I was not cool...

you did.

It seems silly to care so much

that you cared so much

about my hair and the special things

I wanted to wear so much.

But now I have my own

I see all the love you have sewn

in me.

Every little detail

Accounted for and cared for

to make a person out of me

now strengthens my resolve

in being patient

being kind

being loving.

All the love you gave me

in between the shopping trips

and sometimes during

when you handed me the jugs of milk

the radishes

the ice cream

the glitter in your eyes

and the smile that would arise

while you carried me

or walked with me in your arms

or in the cart

or beside me

as I went from small to taller

to taller than you

well, that smile fed me

as good or better

than any broccoli.

You showed me

how to love myself

Did you know

you were mothering

the mother in me?

A Mother's Gaze

Oceans flow from eyes:

Powerful waves that stop me in my tracks;

gentle tides caress.]