You heard her heart and gentle voice

Before you felt the air.

She was your World, your Universe

As you lay slumbering there.

The first thing your new eyes beheld,

When opened, was her face.

Through all your years of growing up

She gave a sense of place.

And now that you’re a man, with luck,

You’ll be loved by another.

But son, you’ll never know a greater love

Than that of Mother.