POETRY

Mama Mantra

For the mothers desperate to make a change.

Caroline Mellor
Resistance Poetry
Published in
2 min readJul 31, 2020

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For the mothers desperate to make a change.

For the mothers who have had enough.

For the mothers who know in their hearts that a better way is possible, and who are ready to fight for the beautiful future which wants and waits to be born.

For mothers who carry the weight of social, racial and environmental injustice heavy on their shoulders.

For those on the front lines with babies in slings, toddlers on their shoulders, and teenagers leading the way.

For those who long to join their brothers and sisters on the streets, but who stay at home or at work because that’s where their kids need them to be.

For the mothers on the front lines at home: having the difficult conversations. Raising the healers, the change-makers and the world-builders. Doing the brave, vital work of dismantling centuries of brutality and oppression, one story at a time.

For the mothers who feel like they can’t do enough to help. (Note: You. Are. Enough.)

For the mothers reconstructing a just world through a million small, unnoticed acts of love. The ones who give like the earth and love like the sky. The ones who embody the deep activism of…

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Caroline Mellor
Resistance Poetry

Mother, writer, creature in awe. Top writer in poetry and climate change www.carolinemellorwriter.com @_carolinemellor_