Alison+Mary

Lioness -

there & always have been

Caring & always have been

There has never been a storm

that you have not swatted away

with an umbrella Never a fall,

I've found, which you couldn't

conceal with a plaster 

When I reflect upon 

the warmth with which

you put us first,

how giving became gave

and gave became giving...

the marathon of your

Motherly love

How do I ever make

the concessions to match your own?

It is only within my power

to walk the pathway you 

put under me, to the pinnacles 

you dreampt up for me

Realising that I repay you 

when I show kindness to a stranger.
Recognising that I do you justice

when I am a force for justice,

a force for what is right in the world. 

This not a poem
This an essay

An I love you An Always.