MotherLove
It’s not stylish to love your mother.
I have found this out.
In chat rooms.
On Facebook.
It’s almost obscene.
Joyful parenting experiences
And mothering experiences
Are not welcome.
But when I look back
On our forty years together
I have nothing but love.
Arguments erupt.
Then fade away.
Love is left.
Even if it isn’t
Stylish.
Ruth Marner lives in St. Louis. She is the author of “The Bike Ride,” which is in Sinister Wisdom’s July edition (#113). She enjoys bicycling and has a BA in Literature from Grinnell College.
