The Cost Of Real Love Poem by Samaneh Nazerian

Once in a night,
Son got uptight,
And gave his mom,
A bill, by gum!

She gave up cooking,
And started reading,
In a loud voice,
And not by choice:

$5 for cutting the grass!
$2 for nursing my little sis, alas!
$3 for getting a good score in math!
$1 for taking out the trash!
$11, your total debt, pay in cash! ! !

Mom stared at this in disbelief!
Ran through her memories, good grief!

And then…
Took the pen,
To write back to him!
He was way off beam!

She was truly on the rack!
For funds she does not lack!

Then she began,
To wake up her little man:

Nothing for carrying you inside my body!
For lying awake worrying all nights, baby!
For all my efforts to raise you,
For feeding you, and nursing you,
Nothing for all I do,
Just for you!

Taking them into account,
You will definitely find out,
Nothing is the real value,
Of my real love to you!
I’m not in debt to you? !

The son read, then,
What mom had written,
Burst into tears, crying,
And told his darling,
Oh my mom, I love you,
For all the time, I owe you!

And then,
Took the pen,
And wrote down the bill,
What came of his own free will!
“It has been paid out once,
In total and in advance”!