 Happy Mother's Day, Ladies
For those of you who celebrate Mother's Day, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
And here is a poem that I found, just for you:
"The Bravest Battle
The Bravest battle that ever was fought!
Shall I tell you where and when?
On the maps of the world you will find it not;
'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Nay, not with cannon or battle-shot,
With a sword or noble pen;
Nay, not with eloquent words or thought
From mouths of wonderful men!
But deep in a walled-up woman's heart-
Of a woman that would not yield,
But bravely, silently bore her part,
Lo, there is that battlefield!
No marshaling troops, no bivouac song,
No banner to gleam and wave;
But oh! these battles, they last so long-
From babyhood to the grave.
Yet, faithful still as a bridge of stars,
She fights in her walled-up town-
Fights on and on in the endless wars,
Then silent, unseen, goes down.
Oh, ye with banners and battle-shot,
And soldiers to shout and praise!
I tell you the kingliest victories fought
Were fought in those silent ways.
O spotless woman in a world of shame,
With splendid and silent scorn,
Go back to God as white as you came-
The kingliest warrior born!"
By Joaquin Miller | 
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