by Erin Lewis

Created on: May 08, 2009

For Mom

I do not remember the day that I was born

But I do remember the day that I died

You found me lying on the ground

You picked me up limp and broken

And you carried me home to a place of safety

You held me close to your heart

Letting your heart beat for mine

Breathing your life into my body until the faintest pulse was palpable

You gave up your clothes, your food, your very life breath

To sustain me for another day

I took and took for it was all I knew how to do

But you were never bitter, never resentful with me

When you had nothing left to give

You sat and gently rocked me back and forth

Until I could stand on my own

I hesitated walking away from you for there was not much left of you

I had taken it all

But you gently prodded me forward

Forward to live my destiny, whatever that may be

And I left you behind not knowing what would become of you

So many years later I realized all that I had taken

And the guilt riddled me to the core

As I knew you gave your life for me

I came home to you, looked into your eyes, no words, just a tear

And you told me

"You are my greatest blessing in this life"

And I knew love in its purest form

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