DEAR MOTHER 
MOTHER'S DAY '90 
 
BACK TO POEM LIST 
 
NOT NEAR ENOUGH IS SAID TODAY 
ABOUT WHAT MOTHERS DO: 
THE PATIENCE AND THE LOVING CARE 
OF THE FAITHFUL AND THE FEW. 
 
TOO MUCH POMP AND PAGEANT 
IS GIVEN TO THOSE OTHERS 
WHO GIVE THEIR HEARTS TO SOME CAREER 
AND NOT TO BEING MOTHERS. 
 
THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE THEIR FANCY CAR; 
MORE MONEY IN THE BANK; 
BABYSITTERS RAISE THEIR "KIDS"-- 
NOW WE HAVE THEM TO THANK... 
 
FOR OVERCROWDED PRISONS, 
AND TEENS ON DRUGS AND DRINK. 
THEIR FAMILY'S NOT IMPORTANT, 
OR, SO THEY SEEM TO THINK. 
 
DUNKIN' DIAPERS, CLEANING HOUSE-- 
IT'S NOT TOO COOL THESE DAYS: 
GOT TO HAVE SOME BIGGER TOYS; 
NEED SOME JOB THAT PAYS. 
 
BUT THANKS TO GOD, THERE ARE STILL 
OLD FASHIONED MOTHERS 'ROUND; 
NOT SWAYED BY THE OPINIONS OF 
SOME NEW AGE FEMALE CLOWN. 
 
STEWARDS OF GOD'S HERITAGE, 
WHO SEE THEIR SACRED CALL, 
TO TRAIN THEIR CHILD TO LIVE FOR GOD 
LEST SATAN MAKE HIM FALL. 
 
IT IS SAID THAT NO YOUNG MAN 
IN SIN AND RUIN HAS STRAYED; 
WHO HAD A MOM WHO LOVED THE LORD, 
AND EARNESTLY FOR HIM PRAYED. 
 
THERE IS NO HONOR OR GLORY 
NO WORDS THAT WILL SUFFICE, 
TO SHOW TO YOU OUR GRATITUDE, 
THAT YOU HAVE PAID THE PRICE. 
 
TO GIVE TO US A CHANCE TO KNOW 
WHAT THRONGS WISH THEY COULD SHARE: 
THAT'S GROWING UP WITH MOM AROUND, 
NOT OFF AT WORK SOMEWHERE. 
 
THE MEDIA WON'T CROWN YOU, MOM, 
TO SHOW THE QUEEN YOU ARE; 
THEY'D RATHER LIVE IN SINFUL LUST: 
THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES TO SCAR. 
 
I'M GLAD YOU DID NOT BOW YOUR KNEE 
TO THEIR MATERIAL GODS. 
I SEE I'D NOT HAVE MADE IT, 
JUST LOOKING AT THE ODDS. 
 
I'M GLAD YOU PUT MY LIFE AHEAD 
OF OTHER THINGS TO DO. 
BECAUSE YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE TO ME, 
I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU. 
 
 
MARK BULLEN