By Katharine Griffiths
Healing hands, harming fists
Comforting embrace, crossed arms
Soulful gaze, empty look
Validating ear, deafening silence
Understanding heart, selfish attitude
Heartfelt words, stinging criticism
In death sorely missed, free to find bliss
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Oh that’s beautiful and very touching! =D
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Wow, powerful work.
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Beautiful words
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The power of a mother. Light and dark. So much influence.
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Beautiful !!
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Moms are just people too… and are usually just trying to do their best despite their own visible and more often invisible battle scars. I know because I’m a mom.
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The many faces of our mothers.
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I like the contrast between the two sides of the mother. Great Poem.
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That sounded so painful and beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
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Superb piece. Thank you for visiting ThusNSuch.
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Unusual approach, the overall effect for me is for a parental framework that was strong on the boundaries but still left a secure, respectful space for growth in the middle? Nice beat and wide coverage for few words.
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The message is left for you to interpret. Please take the most heartfelt meaning from it for yourself.
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Really really powerful words! Amazing work🙌
Ps- please read my poems. Your feedback will be highly valued 🙂
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Thanks – I’d be happy to share my feedback with you.
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Because of the awesome feedback on my poem, I decided to start a wordpress blog so I can share more with you. I’m just getting started but I expect my blog will grow over time. katharinegriffiths.com
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Yessss…..ur poems r exhilarating….
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Heart touching poem…about mother….I too hv written a poem on mother…plzzz do read it at power of words 97764921.wordpress.com
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A vryyyy heartouching poem about mother….I too hv written similar poem on mother….I request u to plzz read nd give me some feedback at powerofwords97764921.wordpress.com
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