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Random Thoughts of a Lioness

The reward of conformity was that everyone liked you, except yourself.

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This is me. Like it or not. 'I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions' - Dorothy Day, 1952

Monday, December 05, 2005

A Mother's Birthday

Today marks the 57th birthday of the person who brought me into the world.

Before I was myself you made me, me
With love and patience, discipline and tears,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,
Allowing me to sail upon my sea,
Though well within the headlands of your fears.
Before I was myself you made me, me

With dreams enough of what I was to be
And hopes that would be sculpted by the years,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,

Relinquishing your powers gradually
To let me shape myself among my peers.
Before I was myself you made me, me,

And being good and wise, you gracefully
As dancers when the last sweet cadence nears
Bit by bit stepped back to set me free.

For love inspires learning naturally:
The mind assents to what the heart reveres.
And so it was through love you made me, me
By slowly stepping back to set me free.


Copyright : N Gordon

Happy Birthday Mama. I love you.

1 Comments:

Blogger elisataufik said...

happy belated birthday mak lioness!!
Semoga segala amalan di redhai..

Lioness&Buster, are u guys coming to the gathering? Please do go to http://malaysian.modblog.com for the latest update. I will be offline starting tomorrow.
Hope to be able to see you!!

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