I know people
Love at first sight
Or fall in love
Over nights.

But tell me what kind
Of love is my mother’s?
For she loved me long
Before she saw me?

She caressed me
Through the flesh
That held us
Apart.

In the womb
Her voice
Was my music,
My guiding voice.

She brought me
Into the world.
She’s the reason
For my existence.

From her flesh and blood
I was made;
Though different
Yet the same.

Once into the world,
She became
My teacher,
My mentor.

My first steps,
My first words,
My first fight,
My first plight.

Before I put my foot
On the Earth
And after I did,
I always had her.

From a two feet
Little minx
To a five feet four
Bundle of trouble.

She raised me
Through all that
Trouble and heartbreaks,
Never giving up.

Never putting me down,
Perhaps afraid
The ground would
Eat me up.

Never letting me go,
Perhaps afraid
I’d lose my way
Into dark unforgiving ways.

Holding me close,
The warmth of
Her heart
Kept me alive.

Each cry of mine
Was greeted
With a lullaby
Or a gentle swing.

Each wound of mine
Was cured,
As by magic,
By a motherly kiss.

When I wanted to fly,
She’d take me above her head
And let the wind tell me
I’m above my world.

She raised me
From just big enough
To hang onto her leg
To covering her in my arms.

When my feet
Were too weak,
Her feet
Became my feet.

Her everything
Was my everything,
Till I could
Stand for myself.

Her world
Was my world
For a short while,
A little time.

But now,
My world
Is hers
And she is mine.