Mother of Mine

byLyn Carr

I was still young the day you left.

I remember the things you told me.

I know the pain you had to suffer;

It’s why you couldn’t hold me.

You said one day we’d have a home

But you weren’t able to give it.

I knew that you were going away

And I didn’t want to believe it.

Even though we were far apart

And I never really knew you;

I held you always in my heart

And that seemed to carry me through.

I wasn’t prepared to know the loss

That I felt when you were gone.

Like an empty hole that’s never filled;

I became more lost and alone.

You were my world and I didn’t know it

And I needed you more than ever.

Funny how life can be taken for granted

Until it seems gone forever.

You never were what they said of you;

You couldn’t help that you were ill.

I understood and I always knew

And will forever love you still.

Copyright Ó 2012 Wanda Lyn Carr