Mommy

You balance the world on your shoulders 

You struggle to make us feel complete

Yet keep us from from every burden

And smile at the heaven beneath your feet

You never tell us how heaven got there

How it strained your soul and fed on your flesh

How it tested you time and again

How you bore it all and kept your mind afresh

How you didn't think twice about the pain

How you love us without thinking of gain

How unselfish is the love of a mother

Like the unassuming rain

It falls without judging without thinking of itself

Falls and withers and helps the flowers grow

How you thought of your children first

Never yourself through every high and low

It can't be repaid, your love dear mother

It can't be measured, its like no other

Love you mommy.

May 2014