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A Proud Mother
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Just letting my ideas and words flow. Some are not so nice; others are.


A Proud Mother

By Scott D. Zachary
Copyright 2004


A proud mother, she smiled,
As her infant cooed.
Mama graciously offered her teat
To her innocent, suckling child.

She watched him flower
Into a darling little boy.
Her pride flourished,
Listening to his sweet hymns.

Years and years later,
Mama sank into deep pits of despair.
Her little boy began killing
In the name of God.

Had I known that he would have
Imperiled civilization,
Could I have . . . would I have
Bent my little baby’s neck ‘til it snapped?


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 Reviews of "A Proud Mother"
Reviewed by Joanna Leone
Reviewed on August 22, 2008
The ending of this poem is so sad. Sometimes children end up taking the wrong paths in life, or making the wrong choices, no matter how loving a mother can be.

Reviewed by Randall Barfield
Reviewed on October 28, 2006
as someone once told me, "chilling!"

Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)
Reviewed on March 7, 2004
Powerful poetry!

Reviewed by Rebekah Rosie Lang
Reviewed on March 7, 2004
Riveting! Makes you think!
SO thought-provoking! BRAVO!

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on March 7, 2004
Wow. Powerful thoughts, Scott.

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on March 6, 2004
I sure hope not. there have been killings in God's name since the world began. If we all did what you suggested there'd be no need for God, and without the creator it would be an even more horrific world!

Well written!

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on March 6, 2004
All we can do, is the best in our teachings. That is where the responsiblities end. The student or child then is responsible for their own actions. One should never regret sharing light. The tale end of this is a great example of why we do not have the insight to the future. All actions have a reaction, and all reactions create a whole that we have yet to understand.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on March 6, 2004
But isn't that the chance we take with bringing kids into the world? Any one of them could turn into a Jeffrey Dahmer or an Adolph Hitler,
or they could also turn into a JFK or MLK, Jr...like rolling the dice, do we have control, no, but we can help, just do our best, is all we can do...interesting viewpoint, Scott. Peace thru Words, Ed & Woofie


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