Because of You

My baby blues, your warmest eyes

our hearts were locked, hands intertwined

forever yours, content and safe

My first breath was with you that day

My first laugh to my first crawl

You stayed close to capture it all

A mouth of drool, a wobbly stance

You’d let me fall and I’d find your hands

You guarded me from your newest sting

I felt no rain from under your wings

The void was small when he turned from us

because your love was more than enough

I marched ahead with books to carry

& I had no idea your heart weighed heavy

I learned so much from what they gave

but I learned the most from your ways

I felt so strange and out of place

but it was then that I saw your faith

That example helped my own mature

to something real and something pure

So I sought after God and His will

All focus was fixed, that is, until…

Was I a toddler or was I a teen?

I pitched my fits and kicked and screamed

We seemed to speak two different tongues

and I forgot that you were once young

Butting heads, stubborn fights

I hated that you won each time

Oh the drama, my face in palm

I guess you weren’t like other moms

I broke the rules, I disobeyed

Tried to creep in when it was late

Your furrowed brow, up all night

I greeted my doom when I turned on the light

I’ve heard it said that love is blind

but you were wrong and I was right

He was everything I hoped he’d be

I remember thinking you would see

“This is love, I found my prince”

But he never changed after the kiss…RIBBIT!

So when my heart broke in two

I knew that you had seen right through

Yet I never heard “I told you so”

You just let me cry and held me close

You became much more after 18

Nothing could ever come between

this bond of ours, powerless to bend

I looked to you…my mother, my best friend

You shared your wisdom, I dressed in white

I never saw you smile so bright

This time it’s real, this time I can see

And I couldn’t be happier that you agree

You gave the blessing, gained a new son

You prayed for me and my new love

Your embrace and the all you’ve done

There is no way I could thank you enough

God showed favor when he placed me here

To have a mother who is so dear

I know there is much more to learn

and I can’t wait when it’s my turn

To be a glimpse of what you are

At least I know where I can start

And as I long for that joyful time

to share that warmth with a child of mine

May I always reflect the Jesus you show

Because when she’s here, she’s sure to know

Anything in me that’s strong and true

Are all the things that I found in you.

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