“God’s greatest work of art”
That’s what she wrote back then
That's what she saw when she looked at their girl
That he named Precious Gem
What does a mother think
When she looks at her newborn babe
What reason did she have to endure
All the pain she did that day
Not just the pain of childbirth
She knew life would have its hurt
But still she chose again to conceive
And again she chose to give birth
She must have known when she penned the words
“Will she always be so swell?”
That children will always disappoint
And in time that truth would tell
But she still gave life to me and prayed
And to this day I don’t know why
But could I help to answer one of her prayers
At least I’d like to try
It may take a lot of effort
I can’t do this one on my own
So God how do I “love and serve You”
For that was the prayer in my mother’s poem
© Ruby Neumann
Poet's Note: I wrote this April 22, 2019, but decided since Mother's Day is so close, I would post it then. The first poem about me was written by my Mom. Both my sister and I had birth announcements that were poems written by our Mom and accompanied by our Dad's artwork. I don't know if my parents realized, when they created the birth announcements for their daughters, that they would be the first portraits of two very creative souls.
I was reading the poem recently and found it inspired me again. So even through I am delaying publishing this post until Mom's day, I want to thank my Mom and my Dad for their combined inspiration. The picture I have shared in this post is my Dad's artwork.
