You look the happiest when you dance
I definitely got your smile
But the grace that you emanate,
Well lets just say I got dad’s crassness and two left feet
Rosy cheeks, my favourite pair of brown eyes
You’re the first person I loved,
You were my first home Ma
You will be my last
Yours was the hand I grabbed first, when I was just learning to curl my palm
Your hug is still my biggest fix
Being away from you for past few years has felt like I left half my heart at home
With you, because I know even though this world will break it into pieces
You’ll hold onto it like life itself
We’ve cried, we’ve fought
Together and amongst ourselves
But it will always be You and I against the world
And of course the other three Heathens at home
I suppose I will never understand what being a mom feels like until I have my own kids, but I can tell you this
You’re a fierce woman, grace becomes you
Twice as beautiful with a spine of iron
I never noticed it before but now I can finally see glimpses of the woman you were before you had me,
The things that used to make you smile, before I made you cry
The songs you used hum, before yelling us awake for school