To my mother

9 months seems like such a long time

To do something for someone

Not for your gain

Or profit

But JUST for someone else

Someone you’ve never met

Someone you know nothing about

Can many people say they have been so selfless?

No

You can.

You underappreciated, neglected, forgotten few.

The ups and downs,

The pleasant surprises and devastating disappointments.

No one feels our pain as much as you do

You feel it with us,

For us.

You always want what’s best

Even when you don’t know what that is

The fights, the laughs the tears, the prayers

They have not all been in vain

For although I might not always be what you want me to be

Or always do what you want me to do

Or think of myself the way you want me to

Just know I carry you in my heart everywhere I go

In everything I do

In every thought I think

You have left a mark so permanent yet so invisible

As intangible as rights

As physical as life

The very things I find amusing

The things that anger me

The things that sadden me

All have you written on them somewhere

You may feel disappointed

Or hurt or upset or neglected

But know this

I love you

You are to me as God is to life

Inseparable

Omnipotent

Powerful

I only wish you could stay with me forever

So I can fight and laugh and cry and just...

Talk with you 

Until the final sun sets

But you have to leave me

So that one day I can know 

Just how truly blessed I am

To have met you

Thank you

For being my friend

My enemy

My judge

And my jury

My defence

And my prosecution

The trials of life would be nothing

Without you

For I am now, and always will be

Your son

[May 14th 2009]