Ode to Mom

Poetry • 2017 • A Meditation on Seeing the Self in Another

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Ode to Mom

A poem by Drew Gaither, 2017

I once saw a woman walking alone, 
And I wished to approach her so, 
But oh, how my willingness was my foe,
I left that woman to walk alone.

I, too, joined her in her solace,
And so, the road occupied two,
I could not decide what to do,
I left us alone in our solace.

After a day’s walk on this road,
It ended suddenly and without heed,
To turn around was my need,
But I couldn’t look back at the road.

The woman turned and looked at me, 
Which caused me to jump with fright, 
And as if by magick or the world’s plight,
I saw in that woman me.

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