My Son


I could sit and explain
and take days and days
to say the things I want
to tell you.

I can tell you how quite
often you made me smile
just having you there.

I can tell you how
you made my life important.

It is not all about me.

It is about what lingers inside.

How special you have made
memories.

You have given me a world
of yesterdays.

Even though I want to hold on to
this... I cannot.

It is your time to fly....
and become the person
I am proud to know.

I will fear and shed some tears
because I am a mom.

But I will never stop loving you
and offer you protection at any
given moment.

When you come to know
your own child it is then I will know
the extent of the love I have for you.

I believe in you
and within you I will always...
live on.


written for a friend rhg2003