What sacrifices have you made in life?
What sacrifices have I made in life? I wasn’t sure how to answer this question. When words escape me, I use rhymes to bring clarity. Here is a poet’s twist on today’s prompt.
The sacrifices of a mother never change.
They only transform with each passing age.
One day it’s diapers and midnight cries.
The next is the sippy cups and little high fives.
One more blink and the toddler age has gone by.
Replaced with a teenager ready to fly.
For a matriarch everything comes before her own needs.
Always doing more than she believes.
The life of a mother isn’t for the weak,
But rather the meek.
Some check out before the journey begins
Some make it to a few wins.
Others fight to the end.
The sacrifices often go untold.
Holding it together trying not to fold.
How can one give an accurate count?
When no one else is around to take account.
I assure you my friend,
the sacrifices of a mother has no end.
The number goes beyond googleplex,
Yet she still willfully accepts the next.
Mother’s are special, it take a special breed,
to live a life of others needs.
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“she went on, pondering the indifference of a man towards the exigencies that ruled a woman: that someone must be not far from a sleeping child, that one’s freedom meant another’s unfreedom . . .”
—Ursula LeGuin, “Tehanu”
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That is a beautiful quote!
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The only sacrifice I’ve made was to stop driving in the late 1970’s. I hope that has made the world at least a tiny bit less polluted. Not having the expense of a car, though, has made my life much simpler. So, my sacrifice has turned out to be very small, but at least I did something.
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That is a wonderful choice. It would be wonderful not to have the expense of a vehicle, Thank you for your comment.
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