DEAR MOM HOW CAN MERE WORDS TELL

HOW I FEEL TOWARDS YOU.

DEAR MOM HOW COULD I REPAY ALL YOU DO?

ALL THAT I KNOW IS HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE

AND I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.

YOU CARRIED ME WHAT SEEMED AN ETERNITY.

YOU LOVED ME EVEN IN THE WOMB.

YOU BORE GREAT PAIN THAT JOYOUS DAY

IN THAT HOSPITAL ROOM.

YOU HELD ME CLOSE FROM THAT DAY ON.

YOU FED AND CLOTHED AND ROCKED.

YOU TRAINED ME UP TO BE WHO I AM,

EVEN TO PICK UP MY SOCKS.

YOU HELPED MY DREAMS COME TRUE.

YOU PRAYED, AND TOILED AND GAVE.

YOU STEERED ME FROM LIFE’S HARMFUL WAYS

AND TAUGHT ME TO BEHAVE.

I LOOK AT YOU NOW, ALL THOSE YEARS GONE BY.

I SEE THE HOPE AND LOVE THAT IS IN YOUR EYES

FOR A BABE THAT’S GROWN AND ON THEY’RE OWN

AND YOU’RE STILL SAYING “YOU’LL ALWAYS BE MY CHILD.

A Proud American