“I Didn’t Know” – A Mother’s Day Poem

I didn’t know I could love like this

I didn’t know I could experience such bliss

I didn’t know when you were born

In you, my heart would now be worn

I had no idea my child could take my heart

And teach me to love, from my deepest part

I didn’t know how much I had to learn

And that from this love I would never return

I had no concept of love like this

Or that between us, this love would always persist

I didn’t know the joy of seeing your tiny lips

Or the power of feeling your tender kiss

I didn’t know that in your eyes

I would now see the sunrise

I would see the sunrise and never forget

That because of you, God and I met

I didn’t know that when I bore a child

I would be intoxicated by your smile

Or that I would gladly shed my tears

To erase your doubts and remove your fears

Carrying you in my womb

Has allowed me to fully bloom

I have bloomed and made room

I’ve made room for love like this

Love I could never dismiss

You are my child, the fruit of my loins

In the power of love, we are forever joined

Joined in a love that will never set

As long as tears continue to be wet

A love like this, I’d never known

With your birth, I’ve been shown

You’ve shown me the power of motherhood

Before you, it was a power I misunderstood

I will use this power to move heaven and earth

To make sure you know your value and your worth

With you, I’ve experienced love in its purest form

The love for which I was born

Before you, I didn’t know there was love like this

Now I know, why I exist

CeLillianne Green