Matriarch

the advocate has always been there,
the biggest supporter,
not just for her oldest offspring
but for every member of her brood,

and even the new generations,

every time, she patiently listens
and gives the best advice she can,

she listened to and comforted them
as her four precious ones
crying when bones and egos
were bruised, battered and broken,

first from birth to graduation
and now as they all have entered
into their third and fourth decades
of living on the blue marble,

she has been a constant even
if they are close or far,

and the now the brood has
extended themselves into
new generations,

and she showers them with
love, gifts, kisses and adoration,

she has that kind of soul,
that warm and beautiful an essence,

it doesn’t have to be that one Sunday
in the fifth month that is when she
deserves honor, but at all times,

and ten edicts on stone tablets
don’t have to tell the offspring
to do that either,

she has earned it because of who
she is and what she’s done for them

she is the best woman on earth to all
four of them and the one she dedicated
herself to all those years ago,

she is the beautiful matriarch

Reviews

[_mal]

This is a wonderful piece of writing, she sounds like an amazing woman. As my grandmother was

[Kenneth The Poet]

She is, _mal. And thank you.

[Jon Roggie]

Nice. Your expressions across the generations hits the mark.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you, Jon.

[olla]

I really like this.. my Mother was my best friend and I miss her every day...

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank olla.

[Chris]

This is quite the view of what it means to be "Gran"... I really hope they understand...

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you Chris.

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Great work, Kenneth. This is an awesome tribute.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks a bunch, Cord.

[Antonio Valentino]

yes, not just on mother's day but on all days for sure.. she sounds like the best mother in the world my friend, i love it when a child, especially an adult one writes of a parent in such a heartwarming way.. this was very warm and comforting to read, and to understand as well.. ive got a feeling that your dear mom is beloved by all of you as it should be.. what we would this world be without our sweet moms.. they say that this is going to be the century of the woman.. and i believe it.. us men have had our shot running things and where have we got but tear this whole, blue marble, apart.. in 2016 maybe hilary becomes president even and break yet another barrier for, our much better, half.. lets face it, we suck and women rock.. what can we do right brotha.. we better appreciate it while we can befor women get rid of us altogether..haha.. (nervous laugh actually).. good stuff friend.. :)

[Kenneth The Poet]

I agree with that assessment. I'd like to see a woman with the highest office.

[TLK]

Some people point to Iceland as showing how women are excellent in power and also, I believe, in finance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/03/iceland-best-country-women-feminist

You have to be pretty wedded to ideology to not consider that some change in how finance operates could be beneficial. Sadly, of course, money perpetuates systems rather than changes them. People tend to be in power because of money, and therefore tend to want to keep both.

[Kenneth The Poet]

So very true. We almost had a crazy one in power too over here, a heartbeat away if the older president died. Hopey-changey thing indeed.

[TLK]

The use of numbers to signify importance is readily decodable to people with the right cultural background (which I suspect is everybody reading) and provides a sense of making a leap of meaning that produces a higher level of satisfaction from the reading. So: here, in particular, the use of numbers is particularly effective.

On a personal level, I wish my mother was so straight-forwardly supportive. A sense of what worth a mother can bring to her children shines through here.

[Kenneth The Poet]

She has been my biggest supporter.