Mom

Do we ever
Really get to
Know our mother?
We know she loves us
In her way but we seldom
Get to know the real woman.
We see what we want to see in
Our mother but I suspect there is
So much more we never are
Allowed to glimpse unless
She is famous and then
We get even less of a
Chance to get to
Know the real
Person we
Call our
Mom.
My
Mom
Who was
A professional
Artist told me she
Had taken a drawing
Class in her early 50s and
Like all the students in the class
Had posed nude and afterwards
She walked around the studio
In her robe looking at the
Drawings of her and
Gasped that they
Saw her as fat
And how
Could
They
Be such
Good friends
With her if that
Is how they saw her
But they reassured her
It was her personality that
Attracted them to her and made
Her so popular in the class and
Well respected as an artist
Which allowed her some
Introspection and self
Reflection we do not
Often get to see
Ourselves as
Others do
Though
The
Heart is
Never bare
As many a Mom
Is doubtless
Thankful
For and
So are
We.