Dear Mother

 July 29, 2009. © Talon Truitt Cherry, All rights reserved

Dear Mother,
I remember as a child you held me like no other
Your touch could ease my aching heart
And calm my little brother
My sisters screams where silenced by the way you held her hand
Your love was always there to feed our endless child’s demand
Under aged resentment sometimes drove us all apart
But something glued us back together
Mom,
It was your heart
You never stopped believing in the things we all could be
When dad was selling cars and you where waiting so we could eat
I missed you so damn much, that baby sitter could not suffice
I needed mothers touch, and then, was ignorant to your sacrifice
But now I’m getting older, and cry now that I see
All those times I cursed your name and made you weep,
I’m sorry…
My childhood went by so fast I’m surprised that I remember
While most kids live day to day
I lived September to September
I couldn’t stay a child mom I had to do what I could do
As the oldest, though not by much, I tried to fill my fathers shoes
And help you
You accomplished so damn much in so little time
I’m so damn proud
You and dad you did it all YOU MADE IT!!!
Say it loud!
You took our broken family and built it back with fashion
From a trailer home in Lebanon
To in comparison a mansion
Three kids all grown up now
And two with families
One just kind of floating around
But free like you taught me to be
You kept us all a float with your hard job at HP
But the greatest thing you ever accomplished
Mom,
Was loving me.