Literary Arts Magazine Spring 2010 | Page 63

A Mother’s Heart By Najuan Zhang Vocabulary an uncaged bird Who loves listening to happy or sad music to forget everything she needs to face I am a mother, Who feels unsatisfied with her present situations, under which she can not do what she wants to do Who lacks of a sense of security when realizing she can‟t dominate her destiny Who hopes a better life because she still has some time to make changes I am a mother, who is hardworking to be better because she believes an old saying: the early bird catches the worm Who is sensitive in moving scenes of true emotion bursting, even a simple action or an expression of the persons she cares of Who is sentimental about her uncertain life and future I am a mother, Who needs guidance to the right way she should follow Who needs sincere encouragement when she feels frustrated and disappointed, of the kind that her teacher usually gives her Who needs a good listener to whom she wants to talk or just complain about something I am a mother, whose daughter is a lovely 4-year-old girl and almost holds the whole space in her mother‟s heart and is the reaso n for the mother‟s going ahead Who loves her sweet little daughter, whose teacher often describes her with the word “incredible” I am a mother Who fears violence wherever and whenever Who fears unthinkable disasters like the earthquake on May 12, 2008 in Wenchuan of China, which embodies the extreme fragility of a life Who fears confidence-stricken when Who loves romantic love stories like Gone with the Wind by which she can release her thoughts like 62