THE PATHOS OF MATERNAL LOVE

Mother called from Colorado –
Mahealani spoke of the fun she had
with cousins Melika and little Naniloa –
belly-flopping like penguins down the steep hill.
Kamikaze head first suicidal slide
into the bowels of snow embankment.
Their rhapsodizing joyous squeals –
and burst of shrilling laughter –
fun’zzz arias orchestrated
in snow-laden forest –
& songs sung within her breast.
It was her pinnacle of joy –
sharing the wonders of wintry world –
a spiritually togetherness with mother.
The epiphany at that moment –
the togetherness –
the spiritual mind
detaches from body.
It was momentarily real –
an “out-of-body experience” –
a metaphysical phenomena –
that was evanescence –– PUFF!
The magic of winter wonderland–
vanish – the idealistic dream world –
fades into the sunset of her mind.
Reality of immediacy –
brought her back to the real world
as she cradles the phone.

The purity & innocence of child’s
affection for her maternal mother
is languishing in the twilight.
Inanimate cell phone calls lack
the tactile touch of human warmth & –
time-zone widens the enormous gap.
The yearning for maternal affection
wanes with the progression of time.
Mother’s love, an illusion, fades in sunset.
Adult’s aberrations – their dark side –
a burden placed on innocence of children.
THE PATHOS OF MATERNAL LOVE.

RAYMOND CHOW – FEBURARY 18 2009