# my mother's heart

[Anmol Atreya](https://substack.com/@anmolatreya)

_Aug 10, 2025_

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A mother's love is so pure  
it melts away all worries  
and finds us at the centre of our truth  
It glides over our weaknesses  
and hugs us back to confidence  
It looks into our eyes through years of prayers made in silence,  
hard work toiled in earnest,  
just to give us more _comfort,_  
more _love,_  
more _ease_  
It scans our face for clues  
so that it may take away signs of even the slightest discomfort

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Our mothers love us with a heart much bigger than the body can hold,  
their love flows over  
into our beings  
and lights up the foundation of who we are

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Sometimes I forget the enormity of love that encapsulates me,  
I forget just how tender and precious the hands that hold me silently really are,  
But seeing the love in my mother's eyes,  
I return,  
Back to the pureness  
Of all that was wished for me,  
All that my heart can hold  
My mother loves me with a heart bigger than the body can hold,  
So that I may become more than this body I grew into.

“ I always return to myself, always more faithfully.”  
\- Marguerite Duras