Happy Mother's Day and Night

All the petals, on the rose

Will fall someday upon your toes

This is neither wrong nor right

Happy Mother's Day and Night!

All the thorns that pierce the skin

Guard the beauty that lies within

If you can see with more than sight

Happy Mother's Day and Night!

All the births that usher forth

In the east, west, south and north

Be you brown or black or white

Happy Mother's Day and Night!

If no child ever came

Sing a song with secret names

Let them fly just like a kite

Happy Mother's Day and Night!

The tears that fall are made of gold

They fall like hearts beneath the fold

Affirm what is already right:

Happy Mother's Day and Night!

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