Mother

How we wish for a mothers love
Strong arms to hold us
Soft eyes to watch us sleep
A warmth we barely know
An ache so hollow it makes us bleed
We dream of her
The mother of our wishes
She is strong
Big enough to hold our sadness
Old enough to teach us the way
We tread the forest path alone
Stumble
Fall
Find our own way
It is clumsy but we know no different
We wonder who we would be
With the love of our dream mother
Perhaps if she were real
We would not need words
Or each other
Perhaps our journey would have been less scary
In her absence we have to learn to love ourselves
Some days we can
Others we can't
Such is light and dark
Awake and dreaming
All the mothers in the world
Watch over us
Maybe one day they will reach out and embrace us.