Mother’s Day Visit, a Constanza
by Jennifer Dotson
It’s a surprise for Mother’s Day.
She makes the trip back home to see
the changes time has made in me.
Her arrival from far away,
we’ll take some time, I have a hunch
and enjoy a delicious brunch.
Our springtime reunion each May
gives me hidden anxiety
about our love’s fragility.
Buds and blooms in the breeze do play
but will this end in shouts or tears?
History repeats. I have fears.
Nerves on alert, not all is gay.
There are minefields; emotions tugs
yet conclude this visit with hugs.
She makes the trip back home to see
the changes time has made in me.
Her arrival from far away,
we’ll take some time, I have a hunch
and enjoy a delicious brunch.
Our springtime reunion each May
gives me hidden anxiety
about our love’s fragility.
Buds and blooms in the breeze do play
but will this end in shouts or tears?
History repeats. I have fears.
Nerves on alert, not all is gay.
There are minefields; emotions tugs
yet conclude this visit with hugs.
Jennifer Dotson is the author of Late Night Talk Show Fantasy and Other Poems (Kelsay Books, 2020) and Clever Gretel (Chicago Poetry Press, 2013). Based in Illinois, she is the founder and program coordinator for www.HighlandParkPoetry.org.