A POEM FOR MOM

A POEM FOR MOM
100 YEARS
BORN DECEMBER 2, 1925

I wish, wish you were here,
My mom, my friend, my dear,
Friends grow up and go away,
Girls come, but never stay,
I wish, wish you were here,

Mom always knew best,
Knowing peers care, most in jest,
Friends and lovers by night betray,
Mom stands stoic in the day,
I wish, wish you were here,

Now, there's no one casting a light,
I must spend my time in the blackness of night,
While billions of hearts surge,
Their beating melody, my dirge,
I wish mom, I wish you were here.

 LEIGH COLLIN BRANDT