Till the End

November 18, 2009. © Talon Truitt Cherry, All rights reserved

They say I don’t remember, I swear to god their wrong.
That first night in September I was handed to my mom.
She looked at me so stunningly as my life was to begin,
Then whispered words I thought for sure Id never hear again.

She said let me tell you a secret about a mothers love
a secret no one else should know, its just between us.
Mothers don’t just love their children every now and then.
I'll care for you till the end.

Yesterday I thought Id died when I saw my daughter born.
I cried for hours just to find she wasn’t mine, I was torn.
I held her in my arms, and lost her to her mothers sins.
I knew she wasn’t mine, but still I spoke these words again.

I said let me tell you a secret about a mothers love
a secret that my mother said was just between us.
mothers don’t just love their children every now and then.
she'll care for you till the end.

Many years have passed and I still think about that day.
I try so hard to talk to her, but can't figure what to say.
when I finally found the courage that young girl was barely ten
planting seeds that wouldn’t grow, and heard these words again.

she said let me tell you a secret about a mothers love
a secret that somebody said was just between us.
you see mothers don’t just love their children every now and then,
and I'll care for you till the end.

Author notes
I was inspired by Love Without End, Amen by George Strait