CLUELESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in this picture my mom is holding me)

 

 

CLUELESS

 I came to the world
faster than expected
eyes fixed
at my mother's face
her warm arms hugging me

 

Clueless
I grew up learning values
tripping over rules
embracing truths

I found you
on my way
and understood giving
changing feelings and truths
learning to love

I became a mother
and in this learning
I gave my greatest love
the best of me
the juice of my heart

Clueless
I have searched

for instinctive emotions
painting life in many colors
mixed inside of
 my dreaming heart

 I’ve lived over half a century
 drinking life’s water
searching for myself

I feel a great calm
and this found peace
rules my days
with some fantasies

Clueless
I saw the wrinkles on my face
the changes in my body
and the scars in my soul 

but I recognize for now

that I accept and love me
Much more than before

 

Mary Fioratti

Author's Note

I would not change a bit of my life - past and present. There were times that I wanted to change a lot of things, erase and do ever again. Today I figured out that my mistakes made me a better person.
Thank you for reading my poem!

Reviews

[Audrey Howitt]

Mary--this is just lovely!!! And as we get older, it seems to me, that there is greater breadth and depth to the love we bring to others and to ourselves---so good to read your work again!