Motherhood

I'm being selfish.

Want you back in my lap

Head cushioned against my breast

Singing lullabies

Watching your eyelids grow heavy

With sleep, the smile of contentment

On your angelic face

You are grown.

With a child of your own

In that child, I see you once again

Maternal instincts heave and rise

Overtaken by selfishness

Want you back to that state

Cushioned against my breast

Don't blame me.

For containing within me

Feelings mothers feel

You are now experiencing

And when you reach

Where I have reached

You'll feel the same need

So, if you find

I'm being clingy

Please ignore me

It's just hormones at play

Mothers are that way

You'll agree someday