Monday, September 16, 2013
Letting Go
Only at times
will I confess-
The loss I am feeling
letting you go
to all those places
daughters must tread
to find themselves.
Some are dark
and frighten me.
Some are so close
but I must keep my distance
feeling your roots
breaking free from
all you know.
There is an emptiness
growing where I kept
your childhood.
I am left wondering
if that space will
remain vacant now that
those days are growing old?
I must cut back the limbs
I held you with, leaving
you just enough to always
feel at home.
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I feel and hear the voice of the mother ~ We all have the same fear but I believe that our children will always come back to us ~ Beautiful read Lisa ~
ReplyDeleteThank you Grace. I have so many wonderful memories raising my daughters and we are all very close, just hard letting the last "baby" go.
DeleteThank you Loredana. I have been through this before with my two older daughters. This time I feel the finality of my last one leaving and it's difficult to realize I don't have a child to mother in the same old way but I do have wonderful relationships with my children so it does make the transition easier.
ReplyDeleteThis is so well done Lisa. I think moms everywhere could relate to this. Just perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennifer. Really hard letting that last one go.
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ReplyDeleteto find themselves." - love this lines. beautiful.
Thank you Natasa.
DeleteThat last stanza is one of the most beautiful stanzas I have ever read! Wow! My daughter is only 5 (she is still rebellious naturally) so she isn't ready to leave the nest yet but reading your poem made me realize how precious this time is (hugs)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful for mothers & daughters.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful for mothers & daughters.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful for mothers & daughters.
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