Safe

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Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2024/10/19/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-ahead/ and https://skepticskaddish.com/category/poetry/poetry-prompt/ this is my attempt at a sonnet.

I couldn’t stop staring into your eyes,

counting all of your fingers and perfect toes

Hours of pain forgotten in seconds

Months of protecting you, my child, one promise

to always be there and never fail you.

A mother’s hope. My pride shone, and I grinned

when you took your first brilliant step

to a first day at school, and the lost years

blossomed and you don’t really need me to

hold your hand. Safe, and happy, is all I

want for you. I am here, keeping my word.

and retracing your steps, this time from a

distance. Ahead is your journey, my hope

will still be there, and my protection too.

Published by writerravenclaw

I am a fifty something mother of two grown up children, and one beautiful grandchild. I have been married for nearly thirty-four years. My first book was published ten years ago. I wrote my book Sticks and Stones because of my experience of being bullied at school.

37 thoughts on “Safe”

  5. Beautiful Diana! I’ve selected you as poet of the week, congrats! I’ll let david know, and he’ll be in touch, regarding next week’s W3 prompt, congrats again, your poem was amazing!

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  7. Diana, I love how you beautifully express the deep bond between a mother and child in this poem—your words capture both the pride and bittersweetness of watching them grow!

    ~David

    P.S. Please be in touch with me regarding being the W3 PoW this week (I sent you an email)

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