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# Our Mothers
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/our-mothers/
- Published: 2021-07-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Oceans below and stars above The mothers of creation Cradle us gently with their love Protective of their station
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Oceans below and stars above  
The mothers of creation  
Cradle us gently with their love  
Protective of their station

But like all children, we rebel  
Persistent longing festers  
We feel constricted in our cell  
Constrained by our ancestors

What shall it be? Our mothers know  
That we’ll outgrow our breeches  
And when it’s time to let us go  
They’ll give the usual speeches

And then watch proudly, from afar  
They can’t help but adore  
Each time we reach a distant star  
Or walk an alien shore