Great Mothers (new poem)

Great Mothers

by Tim Kavi

for all those who live

and for those who hope

one, may be found

it is written

mothers of the heroes

eternally reside

in echoing songs 

of glorious triumph

sirens lost in the mist

overshadowed by her

who truly leads 

to the harbor of home

goddesses in full reveal

their mighty garments

in queenly rise

contained in love's mighty fist

held steadfast

earth's children and young

taught in persevering ways

of love

instructed across

the oceans of space and time

lessons never forgot

coming in the clouds

of judgment's might

smashing injustice

assuring fairness

and freeing all who hurt

above the final abyss

there is the way made

plain and sure

teeth of dragon dulled

sickle of wheat, harvested

and put away

death and famine

are stopped by an angel

with humanity's kiss

journey of the swift

to provide aid and assist

to all who are heroes

and bravely exist

walking surely

hand in hand

to paths higher up

mothers of the heroes

eternally reside.

artist's afterthought: this poem, written last year on my own mother's birthday (8-21) and shared here to celebrate Mother's Day--is a homage to great mothers everywhere, Jung's Great Mother archetype--and the history of all moms and their enduring love who instruct all of us; heroes to exist. The last line and elsewhere in the poem--reveals an acrostic: mothers of the heroes eternally reside--where the first letter of each word gratefully & lovingly spells M-O-T-H-E-R. ~~TK.