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SHE HELD MY HAND
The soft and caring words that were whispered in my
youth
As my Mother tried to make me understand
In walks
along with me she tried to be what Mothers be
And always she'd
protect me, and hold my little hand
I had each day to be that
child, no worries unconcerned
For she was there to make each
day seem right
Love was the tool she used, and love was what
she earned
I felt it sleeping peacefully, each night
She saw me grow to teenage years, and nurtured me
along
I gave her all respect, for who she is
Still in
younger days when I rebelled, she was so strong
My lessons
taught for life, were learned from this
My life was shaped
there in those years, to be the man I'd be
Not knowing all the
gifts, that caused my growth
The gifts she showered down upon
the young man, that was me
Sometimes I feel, essential to us both
A young adult left her behind in tears, and me on my
own
I made the mistakes that all young men will make
The
tears I think, were just to see her baby leaving home
To know
the years had passed enough to take
Take me, from her arms and
her sweet loving embrace
Into an unknown life, a harsh cruel
world
Sometimes I think she cried, to lose that innocent small
face
And watched things as the years for me unfurled
Unfurl they have, and now my kids look up to her as
well
Grandmother still demands a child's respect
Because
they know what I do, and I see that they can tell
Those small
mistakes, my mother can detect
I tell them all the little
stories, the ones that Mom had made
Buy for them the toys they
think they "need"
Be the one that's there to laugh,
when little games we'd played,
She plays with them today, at
slower speed
This woman, oh so close to me, I've seen throughout these
years
Never falter, fail, always so strong,
The time I
took for granted, I now see through my own tears
The moments
missed, now seem so lost and long
So that now today, these
times will haunt me in my nights
But she has a gentle way, I
understand
At times some things come back to her, remembered
in her way
I listen, and I hold her little hand
Dean Evans
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