“On Being a Father” by Luke Austin Daugherty, Pg. 1- Words and picture Copyright 2015: Luke Austin Daugherty
“On Being a Father” by Luke Austin Daugherty, Pg. 2- Words and picture Copyright 2015: Luke Austin Daugherty
Mother’s Day Poem: A Mother’s Love is a Song
By: Luke Austin Daugherty- Copyright 2006, All Rights Reserved. Photo: Luke Austin Daugherty
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Share this with the ones you love 🙂 -Luke
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This was a live reading of my poem, “Accidental Scars, as the intro to a performance of, “Lay Down in the Water,” from a live concert at the Artsgarden.
“Accidental Scars”-
Her uniform shirt
Was short-sleeved
So I could see the scars on both of her wrists
Not horizontal
But vertical
Because when she made the cuts
She meant business
Still, she made it
Against her own will to die
She lived
The cuts have healed
Into minor disfigurements
On the surface of her epidermis
I bet
That occasionally
She goes a day without even noticing
That the scars are there
Her belly is now swollen with new life
And a second heartbeat
To echo her own
The triumphant irony of the situation
Is not lost on me
That another, unexpected generation
And likely many to follow
Will come from the womb of a woman
Whose heart refused to quit
Until her intentional cuts
Healed up into accidental scars
Copyright 2015- Luke Austin Daugherty- All Rights Reserved
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