by Susie M. Arviso

Created on: August 17, 2010   Last Updated: October 17, 2011

What a journey we have shared

The roughest one for any pair

Resenting you mom for over half my life

Blaming you for the hurt and strife

I griped and complained so bitterly

About how you had treated me

My early years  - when mothers should care

You gave me cruelty instead, to bear

Yet, while justified in the above

I determined I would love

Forgiving your cruelties to me

Having no idea what joy I'd see

Once you sensed that I forgave

A brand new mother you slowly became

As you aged we became so close

You mother ... became a rose

As I looked into your eyes

Those weeks I watched you slowly die

These final moments of love we shared

Were ours because forgiveness repaired

The past erased - that awful start

Making it hard to see you depart

I'm so glad I chose to love

It changed the future, redeeming so much

And I understand now, you were hurt too

You needed the love I gave to you

My decision to love and to forgive

For both of us, a precious gift

One single choice to forgive and love

Brought many years of goodness to us

Now I miss you so much - I cry

See you in Heaven mom! Goodbye

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