Your giggles and smiles brighten my days
I’ll always blow your clouds away
-sun or son?

Your joy is catching
The way you run at the world laughing
Exploring all the gifts of life
and I’m here to block the knife

Sometimes my lioness roars
Other times she comforts and adores
when I’m drowning
Your tug on my hand is my grounding
-motherhood

She whispers
Go little fireflies
Help me be the spark
That lights up someone else’s dark

There once was a time
That I would look up at the stars
and find comfort in their shine
Fore if I can see their light in all the darkness
Surely I can find mine

Poem #1 is about how having a child that brings you back to the present. It seems like during all of my bad days my son gives me a reason to smile or laugh or he melts my heart. In a lot of ways, my present revolves around him. So, when depression is pulling me into the past and anxiety is pulling me into the future, my son has a way to bring me back to the present moment with him. It is something that I truly cherish.

Poem #2 is kind of along the same lines as the first poem. It’s about watching your child explore the world. They rarely have hesitation and just dive in. And of course, as mothers, we are there to protect them from harm. We are also their safe place. However, we are not the only ones who comfort in the relationship. When you’re feeling lost, they grab your hand and tug with a “mama will you play with me?”.

Poem #3 is about my hope for my writing. I hope that even in small ways I help someone.

Poem #4 is about finding the positivity when it seems there is no hope. As a child and a teen I spent a lot of time walking around on nature trails. I loved those moments of observing nature. It always seemed to center me. But when I didn’t have time for a walk I would just stop where I was and look up at the stars for a minute and that was a decent substitute.

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