Happiness

The Joys of Motherhood

Happiness comes from helplessness

Though not as a damsel in distress

The thought that you are now a pawn

That you shall forever be a Mom

 

Happiness comes from a searing pain

Hours of crying without any gain

And although your body can barely endure

For your baby you would do much more

 

Happiness comes from crying with joy

A beautiful daughter or a charming young boy

The first piercing cries of a new life

The joyous sobs of a mother and wife

 

Happiness is loss of what is yours

To school, to work, to love, to life

And dreams that they must satisfy

The loss to make them choose the right

 

Happiness is remembrance

What you gave them, they now use

To start the cycle you started anew

And while you may play a supporting role

You gave them what they knew as home.

Reviews

[Little Whisper]

Happiness is being a Mom, sacrifice and gain and everything else that comes with it.... very well worded poem. :)

[Cherrie Palmer]

The heart of a mother will endure pain for breath of life and for the smallest of smiles.

[Bethany Hatheway]

It's a very nice poem, and it flows very well. I kind of disagree with you though: I once wrote a poem very similar to that, only it was about the curse of motherhood. =