Conflicted
written by: Linda M. Crate
it’s Mother’s Day,
and i tell my mother and my
grandmother and my friend’s
that are mothers to have
a good day;
but i feel a little
conflicted—
the closest i came to
motherhood was
a miscarriage,
so sometimes this day
makes me a little sad;
to the child that
never got to be,
and the mother i never
became—
maybe it’s a dream
that will come true
in this lifetime;
but as i get older it seems
less likely it will ever come true.
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has three published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), and If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016). Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015. The second novel of this series Dragons & Magic was published in October 2015. The third of the seven book series Centaurs & Magic was published November 2016. Her novel Corvids & Magic was published March 2017.
Latest posts by Linda M. Crate (see all)
- Conflicted - May 10, 2026
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