There was a young man loved a maid
Who taunted him,"Are you afraid,"
She asked, "to bring to me today
Your mother's heart upon a tray?"
He went and slew his mother dead
Tore from her breast her heart so red
Then towards his lady-love he raced
But tripped and fell in all his haste.
As the heart rolled on the ground
It gave forth a plaintive sound.
And it spoke, in accents mild:
"Did you hurt yourself, my child?"
Jean Richepin
A most wonderful Mother's Day to you all!!!!
hahaha! Dramatic? Yes. Is drama needed to drive home the point to those so dramatic as to rip out your heart (which the 'I hate you's sufficiently do)? Why, yes. Yes it is.
ReplyDeleteWow - I will keep this for when my son gets married! (LOL) A HAPPY Mother's Day to you, Alexandra!! You are most deserving!
ReplyDeleteHilarious and at the same time, Oh So True!
ReplyDeleteI think you should send it to the folks at Hallmark. They need to branch out a little.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day!
I don't think that was a very nice girl. He should take up with someone else.
ReplyDeleteI like that.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to you!
Mother has the last say!.....
ReplyDeleteLove it and so true! Happy Mother's Day to you.
ReplyDeleteA mother will always have the last word, especially when it comes to the girlfriend. Muh-ha-ha!
ReplyDeleteI love this!
Oh, brilliant! Would have never understood this before I had my own kids...
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day!
hormonal pregnant person over here who just wept over that poem! good one!
ReplyDeleteOf course, metaphorically, I did rip my MIL's heart out of her chest and moved him to FL. :)
Happy Mother's day!
Nice. I just hope my mother in law doesn't feel that way about me!
ReplyDeleteHa! You're a nut! (Or the boyfriend is. And possibly his mom.)
ReplyDelete(on a semi-serious note, i wonder if that's what it feels like for mamas' when their BABY BOYS get married. I hope that I'm not a momzilla. Ugh.)
Happy Mother's Day!
Hilarious is right....I see a Tim Burton film in the making!
ReplyDeleteWow. That's a good one. I just hope I don't get married any sooner... LOL
ReplyDeleteHave a great day...:)
Oh, man, is this true! I sometimes feel like I should just divide my own heart into three pieces and parcel it out to my kiddos. They've got a lock on it anyway! =>
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to you!!
disturbing and creepy. right up my alley! love it!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day!
The Coupon Sista wishes to say happy Mother's Day to her majesty!
ReplyDeleteStopping by from Saturday SITS sharefest.
That's odd. lol.
ReplyDeleteMy husband's mom told me she was glad we got married, because my husband couldn't take care of himself. Lol. Plus, he's the 3rd of 4 boys to get married.
That was perfect! Too perfect!
ReplyDeleteHave a very, very happy and peaceful Mother's Day, my friend.
LOL, so true, so true!!! Frikkin brats have us right where they want us!!! BTW, thnx for the translation on the angst speak, my oldest, & only boy, is jumpin' in to puberty with both feet, that was helpful!! HA!! Happy Mother's Day to you my dear, & I think I'm stealing your Homeschooling warning over there for my sister (she homeschools too & gets a lot of crap for it....but her oldest is the biggest social butterfly you'll ever meet, that girl is doin' just fine thnx!!) :-D
ReplyDeleteAh, even better, a whole site for her perusal!! Sweet, I will send her there!! :-D
ReplyDeleteshe wasn't right for him anyway...Mother get the last word!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to you!
Yes, I get the point (-:
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's day friend!!!
I think that "fair maiden" needs some therapy, the young man in question certainly will!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day, you!
I see you put me on your blog roll and I will now put you on mine. However, you were apparently too busy translating your children's conversations to be a follower on my blog. To show I am not a small minded person, I will follow YOU first.
ReplyDeleteYour friend, Quid Pro Quo.
I loved it! Happy Mothers day to you. Glad you stopped by my blog and started following, you led me to you and I absolutely loved the conversation between you and your son (last post).
ReplyDeleteWill be following you as well as soon as the thinger on the side comes up so I can click on the button.
Are you trying to make me cry?
ReplyDeleteOhhhhhh. I gotta share this with my boys!
ReplyDeletethis made me tear up...maybe i'm getting my period or something.
ReplyDeletehappy mother's day to you!
Funny but true....sigh!
ReplyDeleteI included you in my post today you sweet Mom you!
Happy Mother's Day, sweet Empress!!! From my bleeding heart to yours.
ReplyDeleteWell ... that is different, to say the least.
ReplyDeleteAnd I suspect my heart would not be nearly as understanding...
Happy Mother's Day!
Love that! I'm sending this to all my nephews and their mothers!
ReplyDeleteHope your Mother's Day was grand.
jj
really a delightful read...what treasures we sell for the thoughts of love...a mothers love is never ending. hope you had a great mothers day!
ReplyDeleteNever read that before, dramatic but a mother's love is definitelt dramatically deep! Loved this.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed this poem...
ReplyDeleteIt says it all. I have always loved it, though my boys find it sick, and don't like how I keep it framed for all to view.
I say, love on, mothers!