This is dedicated to all those lost mothers

Whose fathers, sisters, children, and brothers

Lost sight of them, as they fell off their path

Question a lifetime, you don’t know how long it will last

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A minute, a day, 50 years from giving birth

Your mother could disappear, from the face of the earth

Letting her go without notice, such a sorrow

Thank her today, she could be gone tomorrow

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She went through a lot, to bring you here

The pain, the suffering, the nights full of tears

To bring you a life, to give you a chance

So you could do what she did, take it further; advance

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Don’t lose sight of her or let her be neglected

Keep her close, her life is very affective

To those people, her friends, her family, her kids

What would we do if we could only talk of what she did?

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Appreciate her existence, because it could be gone

Cancer, stroke, heart attack, one moment; goodbye mom

We don’t know when, the time will come

Which is why we must cherish the times together, and have fun

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SMILE, LAUGH, be HAPPY, enjoy life!

If you become a father, LOVE your wife!

Value what she does, what she did, what she’ll do

Tell her You Love Her, and tell her, Thank You

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I want to reach my hand out, to those who share my emotions

So we can talk, and dialogue, and cry tear-filled oceans

Realizing the reason, the purpose, of why she’s gone

Sharing the difficulty in saying, “I don’t have a mom”

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Answering to each other, what happened to yours?

So we can hold each other up, more and more

And build a strong relation, through something we share

And tell those who are fortunate, “to be there, and just care.”

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Care about your mother, your mama, your mom

Appreciate what she’s been through, all along

Write a letter, for mother’s day, or write her a song

Tell her something, before it’s too late, and she’s gone

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Andrew Welty

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Mother’s Day Eve