Motherhood swallowed me
Jodie Beaumont 2001 (Lisburn)
It’s teeth weren’t sharp, nor scary,
and I was never afraid
As I slipped down the flower filled throat of motherhood, my life began
The belly of motherhood is bright, it’s shiny, it’s open
it’s filled with embraces I have needed my whole life, kisses I will cherish for the whole of mine
Motherhood took my body, but it gave me eyes
These eyes see the beauty of my daughter
About this poem
This is a poem about how motherhood has a bittersweet effect of giving you love, yet swallowing you whole.
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Submitted by Jodiebeaumont17 on April 25, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 390 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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