Mother,

Your voice learned to soothe

Your new child

Your voice was the first sound

I heard before even I could see

 

Mother,

Your young eyes gazed on me.

Your eyes were the first mirror

Where I glimpsed

My image in your face

 

Mother,

Your nearness filled the air,

You eased and calmed

The longing that stirred in my infant heart

 

Mother,

You nurtured and fostered me

With a love and care

That could come from nowhere else

 

Mother,

I was formed from the depths beneath your heart,

You know me inside out

No deeds or no seas, nothing

Could ever erase your love for me.