Mother...

Who can describe,
what makes a mother?
It is not only,
getting pregnant,
and bearing with child.

It is not only birth,
the pain, the agony,

and not only,
being with a father,
if you're lucky.

It is not the child,
it's self, immaculate.
And not the bringing up,
against all odds.
Not succes, or failure.

A mother,
comes from another mother.
It is the circle of life,
repeating birth,
Forever.