I am your son

My Mom:

I owe you a smile every time

I am indebted to keep you smiling

I added to you weight, strain and pain

You counted me as a gain

I took from your time, your life

You gave me love, for a life time

Your everything for me

You have such a big heart mom!

My mess was a message to you

You fed me and cleared the message after me.

You labored, not to get me out,

But to get me to your hands

To you I became first, you last, that I could last

You fed that I could have something to feed

Awake and watching when I slept and when I woke

When did you ever sleep mom?

You broke down big people’s talk

Tata, tati, tate, te

I liked it when I mimicked you

When we made funny faces

You would work as I slept in the comfort of you back

Where did you get that strength mom?

You trained me in the art of life

Held me as I made my small major steps 

Then I’d try

I would fall

I would break into a cry

You’d take me

Rest me on your shoulders

Sooth me with your smooth voice

The calming touch of your hands

The assurance that I was gonna be okay

I would hold to the hem of your garment,

Belonging to your heart and your life.

 

You are my mom

I am your son

And it’s gonna be so forever

My mom. Your son.

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My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

Prov 6:20

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