i could
have walked, but
then
something felt different
i just
knew it was right
the lines
turned from one to two
in that
bathroom in the middle of the night
i could
have walked, but instead i ran to you
the days
that you were born,
when i
heard your hungry cry
when they
told me to leave you
so you'd
sleep through the night,
i could
have walked, but instead i ran to you
they said
that you would be spoiled
and to stop
picking you up
the day
that you hurt your head
when I
heard that thump,
i could
have walked but instead i ran to you
when you
took your first scoots
and then you started crawling,
and then you started crawling,
when i
heard you say your first words
and when
you started walking,
i could
have walked but instead i ran to you
when you
held out your hand
to hold
mine so tight
when you
had a bad dream
and cried
out at night
i could
have walked but instead i ran to you
when you
had your first accident
that left
your clothes dripping wet,
when you
said you didn't feel well
here baby
let me feel your head
i could
have walked but instead i ran to you
when you
heard those hurtful words
that tore
your heart into pieces
you dug
into my chest
i wiped
your tears with my kisses
i could
have walked, but instead i ran to you
vision blurred with tears
as we laid my own mother to rest
on my milk soaked chest at my breast
you needed me to be my best
i could have walked but instead i ran to you
i've since died to myself
you nourish the deepest parts of my soul
i feel you holding me tight
when things feel out of control
on your chest
through your breaths
you could have walked, but instead you ran to me
i cry out through the fog of my fears
so thick i can no longer see
when life is too painful to bear
you could have turned a blind eye to me
you could have walked
you could have
you could have never come at all
but instead you run to me
-madina lawlis
previously unpublished photos i finally feel ready to share of our last thanksgiving with my mom 2015
vision blurred with tears
as we laid my own mother to rest
on my milk soaked chest at my breast
you needed me to be my best
i could have walked but instead i ran to you
i've since died to myself
you nourish the deepest parts of my soul
i feel you holding me tight
when things feel out of control
on your chest
through your breaths
you could have walked, but instead you ran to me
i cry out through the fog of my fears
so thick i can no longer see
when life is too painful to bear
you could have turned a blind eye to me
you could have walked
you could have
you could have never come at all
but instead you run to me
-madina lawlis
previously unpublished photos i finally feel ready to share of our last thanksgiving with my mom 2015
Your poem is so real..... many mums can relate. And your family is beautiful mashallah. May Allah protect you all. I'm sure your mum is proud and smiling from above. You're a beautiful lady inside and out. Big kisses
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