The Way A Mother Loves

The Way A Mother Loves…

When she is gone

How do you cope?

Her presence on this earth

Is what often brought you hope

You knew she’d always love you

There was never a trace of doubt

Your Mama always loved you

And now you’re an orphan without

Her smile and her sweet voice

The touch of her precious hand

Just a phone call away

She would always understand

Time and time again

The love that she always gave

But Mama how can I now comprehend

The finality of your grave?

I took your love for granted

Thought you’d always understand

And yes, of course you always did

You’d just listen and hold my hand

And yes it’s true

I got so busy with my life

Dealing with the pain

And the ordinary strife

The raising of my children

And the loss of childhood dreams

Did I ever show you the love

That you showed to me?

No, I didn’t love you

enough in the very end

And now as I look among

treasures and relics

I truly understand

All that you taught me

Things so gentle and true

Gifts I never recognized

And all the wonderful things you knew

And how so many people were

Blessed by the presence of you

Straight from the heart

is how you were with me

Straight from the heart

Is the example I still see

Oh dear Mama,

I’m not sure I can let go

And because I am a mother myself

I think I finally know

The love you always had for me

is like the love I feel for my own child.

Fierce and strong

forever it could go on

Never meek and never mild

And How could my own daughters ever know you

The way I always did

The tears you kissed away

When I was just a kid

And I never quite understood

How you truly felt about me

It was something I couldn’t comprehend

something

I could not see

Until I became a mother of three

The way a mother loves

The way A mother sees

The way a mother loves

Is for an eternity

Lisa Benjamin Muench

For my Mama (Dorothy Roberta Allen Benjamin Cooper)

8-10-1935 to 1-16-2018

And my children Haley Morgan, Josephine Anne and Carlie Glenn