14/04/2015

#poem #poetry #amwriting #mothers

mothers

mater certa semper est
in soft reponse she lays at rest
   the baby nuzzles at her breast
   but cannot find the latch

this is not how it should to be
   in sickly light at half past three
   she groans 'o god what is wrong with me'
      having met her match

she thrusts the tit to gaping lips
- keening soft the baby slips
onto the nipple firm - eclipsed
   frustration drifts away

   she turns her gaze to the dying night
   the waning moon silver bright
oh yes - mother is always right
                       whatever she might say

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