by Yevgeniya Przhebelskaya
As a teenager, I dreaded my mornings I was anxious in a new school in Moscow and my mom began a new job in New York City while we both needed kindness and comfort international calls were rare and brief When papa and I finally immigrated to New York City the joy of reunion turned into perseverations of my mistakes and of my papa’s shortcomings our mealtimes punctured by piercing diatribes I graduated from college and started working I met a kind man who later became my husband I let go of my need for my mother’s comfort seeking fulfillment in career, marriage and church My papa became sick during Hurricane Sandy my mother was anxious and needed comfort I moved back so I could care for her and for my papa doing dishes and praying for his healing together my mom and I became peers for the first time As the sun shines through the windows of my apartment I clean up breakfast, pray and play with my toddler then I text, talk and pray with my mama my mornings bring me comfort every day
Yevgeniya Przhebelskaya is a bilingual poet, educator and caregiver. She draws inspiration from the Bible, Russian literature, modern American poetry, and her recent parenting experiences. Yevgeniya’s poems have been published in Agape Review, Amethyst Review, Ekstasis, Trouvaille Review and many other publications, and were nominated for the Pushcart Prize two times. Check out her blog at ypoetry.weebly.com her poetry collection Ocean: Poems that is available for free at https://books2read.com/Oceanpoemsebook
Great reflections of Mama, nice poem!
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