Admiration
Posted on 2003-03-17
It's nearly 2:00am on my Mums birthday. I can hear her breathing in the room next door to me, and for some reason I feel strangely tearful. Right now my heart is full of so much love for her, but I can't tell her.
Instead I've written this inside her card and have propped it against the fruit bowl on the coffee table along with the other poem I wrote for her.
You're the person that I most admire,
The person that I most would like to be.
Your friendship, like a torch, has lit a fire,
Deep within the very heart of me.
Because of you, I want to be a teacher,
Touching someone's life as you've touched mine.
And when I'm you I'll know just how to reach her,
Giving her the faith that she can shine.
Though you now must leave, and we must part,
A little piece of you remains behind,
Held with gratitude within my heart,
A portrait of a lady good and kind.
You are a part of everything I do;
When I need strength, I look inside for you.