A Mother's Eyes

A Mother's Eyes


She looks with love upon the babe asleep
with mother's eyes; all thoughts of pain are past.
A miracle, the tiny hands hold fast
to gentle touch, to heart. It makes her weep.
She can't express, in words, these feelings deep
within nor will she see the shadow cast
as time wears innocence away at last.
These memories within her heart she'll keep.

Her love and guidance shines upon his face
and, though life's path recalls the early pains,
she sees with mother's eyes. Time can't erase
the bond of love that flows within their veins.
It's only in a mother's eyes you'll trace
that all else fades and only love remains.

An entry for the Round 117 of "Invalid Item" 
Form: Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet ~ the Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two stanzas, the octave (the first eight lines) followed by the answering sestet (the final six lines) using a tightly woven rhyme scheme, abba, abba, cdecde or cdcdcd. The Petrarchan presents an argument, observation, question, or some other answerable charge in the octave, followed by a turn, or volta, which occurs between the eighth and ninth lines. This turn marks a shift in the direction of the foregoing argument or narrative, turning the sestet into the vehicle for the counterargument, clarification, or whatever answers the octave demands.