Listening to be Heard
Kate Moores
My mother’s ears hear everything
She listens to the child's lie
The student’s silent cry
The heavy sigh and the roll of eye
And the “I can’t” for “I'm too scared to try”
She listens to the Bible
And the values she holds dear
She listens in alarm as they seem to disappear
She listens to the fighters, the one who won't give up
She listens as more and more wake up
She listened from her baby's coo
To her teen’s “She had the nerve to”
My mother listens to her father’s stories
And her mother’s needs
But most of all she listens to me
She listened to her passion calling
Lifted them up when they started falling
Was there when her child started crawling
All with grace unpausing
Listening to Be Heard
Kate Moores is 16 years old and attends Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School.