Mother

What do you say to a mother?
How can you thank her enough,
But notice the sacrifices she makes
And repay them with undying love?

But what do you say to that mother
When all that you are won't suffice?
When she won't let you have an opinion,
Refuses to see through your eyes?

It's not easy being a mother, I know,
Of one son, let alone three,
And I'm sure that the job's made much harder
When one of those sons is me.

She must have been lonely, my mother,
Raising us left her no time to spare
Every penny she saved went into her boys
And our dad, well he just didn't care.

I want to tell her I love her,
I really do want to be friends;
But we really have so little to say to each other -
For that matter, the same can be said of my brothers -
It must distress her no end.

So what do you say to a mother
When she's given so much to you?
The words 'I love you' aren't nearly enough
But maybe they'll just have to do.

- DannyR