Thoughts from the heart...

I couldn't recognise her face

I didn't pay attention to how quickly she was aging

The wrinkles on her face killed the smooth and soft skin that I used to touch

I was ashamed to think when last I had touched her

She was the most beautiful girl in the world

I used to say it with so much meaning

And I used to think so with all my might

Then I wondered what changed

Then I remembered the times she worked hard for our family

Then I remembered the times I used to retaliate because I thought I knew better

Then I remembered the times she used to cry in secret thinking I couldn't hear her

I thought of all the pain she'd been through

And how she never had a chance to be a child

And how she learnt to be responsible at a tender age

And how she always smiled through that pain

Now I know why I still think she is the most beautiful girl in the world

I'm always filled with happiness when I think of her

Then grave sadness when I think of how I could have made things easier

I was just a child, and she was just a girl

I acted the only way I knew how

She reacted the only way she knew

She is my BEAUTIFUL mother

I never would've asked for no other

For she is a part of me

that I can NEVER lose...