Extraordinary

 

You’re everything I’m not but everything I want to be
I wonder how you lived through it all
Disease, Divorce, Loss - you’re so free
You’re in complete control, you make the call
When you want something to change, it does just that
Not because it had to but because you made it so
People might think otherwise, but you’re no doormat
You take the high road, you’d never sink low

 

You were running a marathon, it was so amazing

How you never stopped, not once, for you

Your bravery I’ve seen is so blinding but true

And now, I know you’ll never stop racing

But this is something I always knew

 

You’re going to soar, high above the clouds

Where you’ll feel like you’ve reached your bounds

I can’t see it too clearly, but this I know

You’ve always been so strong, and you’ll make it so

 

And when I’m there, where the doves fly high

I’ll remember to say, about what my

Dear sweet mother, taught me

But the one thing that I’ll never forget is how she

Taught me that no matter what you do,

That the people you love will always get you through

The good times, and the bad

No matter how much independence that you wish you had

 

But that’s then, and this is now

So I’m here to say to you

Dear sweet mother, it’s just ‘wow’

That you have such strength and power too

And I hope I can be like you someday

I will keep the demons at bay

That beg me to come where things aren’t right

So as long as I have you, I’ll still fight

And I’ll never get it

How I could be so lucky,

As to have a mother like you.

Reviews

[From The Dust Returned]

That was beautiful. Your mother sounds so much like mine. I can really feel where you're coming from.

[J. Ackson Jr.]

This does read like a hallmark card but well written. good job =) it's great that you have a close relationship w/ your mother. wish i could say the same thing =/ lol

[At Mercy!]

Aww, this reads like a hallmark card! How sweet.