The look
warning most unmeek:
Hell hath no fury
like a mother’s beak!
The look
that deadly laser eye
best maternal weapon
unloosed like banshee’s cry
piercing in its silence
commanding in its aim
it paralyzes enemies
and offspring all the same.
The look
a hybrid arsenal
of terror and of love
a mom has got to be
part raptor and part dove.
To all those women who have flapped and swooped that fine line between raptor and dove, a very happy day!
With more thanks to the S.W.Berg Photo Archives.
May 8, 2016 at 10:13 pm
That is a truly awesome photo and I do believe you’ve written the perfect description of motherhood to go along with it! I’m going to be thinking about “part raptor and part dove” for a long time.
May 9, 2016 at 12:52 am
Thank you, Bonny. My friend Bill has been good enough to send some of his great photos for me to use, and this one is indeed awesome. And, yes, we moms are a complicated bird.
May 9, 2016 at 1:03 am
I’m very familiar with that “look” as you know, Maureen. Hope you had a lovely day.
May 9, 2016 at 1:32 am
Yes, you would know it. I hope your day was lovely too, though the dismals seem to be getting the upper hand.