Through the Wasting

Mother’s heart will love forever

It doesn’ t matter

   What you’ ve done,

   What you’ ve become

It resembles the heart of God:

   He loves us

   Making no exceptions

It resents all objections,

Accepts all conditions

   Right now,

      Later,

        Always…

Mothers wish no warfare,

   No parting,

      Departing,

         Repartees…

They don’ t want to waste the love,

Yet they waste it on us…

   …us, making senseless wars…

  … us, the lavish sons

Of their prodigal hearts.