MOTHERS

Woven into the tapestry of life

By the gentle hand and loving heart,

There is a special invisible thread

That connects our lives from beginning to end

And connects the clan, present and future.

Without mothers,

every clan or tribe that every existed

would never have known that thread

that weaves through from beginning to end

only because of a mother’s tough-fibered loving—

wiping away tears with a gentle hand,

calming our inner fears with a soft voice

shutting out the world in a loving embrace.

Each mother as she passes bequeaths

To the next the thread, passing it

From one hand to the next

To all of us, the finest blessing

That any of us can receive

Is a mother who always is there

In sorrow, sickness or trouble

Giving love that seems to have no end.