To My Mom

As I sit and hold your hands
I think of how I became a man.
It was your love that nourished me and made me what
I choose to be.
Now that you will soon be leaving me,
just know that I will spend a lifetime grieving:
for you, my mother, gave to me
a lifetime of love so naturally.
Reflecting on memories of our past,
the love you gave will always last.
Your love will never be forgotten cause in life you taught me
to succeed in life as you're planted seed.
The hardest thing I'll ever do,
Is to say goodbye when your life is through:
for you have been my dearest friend,
and it breaks my heart to see it end.
By: Shane Hazelbaker