Mother's Love


In the silence of a threatening sky,
The little bird rested in the nest.
He waited for his Mother who would come
To hover over him before the storm would test
The Mother as she protected her child.

As the storm screamed out its fury,
As the Mother o'er her little one hovered,
As the rain pelted her with its sting,
She stretched out her wings as her child she covered.
The Mother protected her child.

When the storm had played out its strength
She looked at her baby through reddening eye,
Which smarted from pelts of water and ice
Which had beaten her from stormy sky,
As the Mother protected her child.

And so do Mothers of every known species
Provide for the safety of her offspring,
Even at the peril of her own life.
She, in her own heart a melody sings
As the Mother protects her child.




By W.O.Adams

used with permission