A Mothers Smile
The doctors have been slaving
but they have worked in vain
A thirteen year old boy has no future
A tumour gnaws at his brain
But his mother is smiling .
She calls his friends over
and begs , Please help me
Help the final days of my baby
To be all they can be
Still she wears that smile.
We play the games boys play
Our friends play too
Though he may be dying
To himself he is true
and still his mother smiled.
Whenever he giggled
He did so with delight
Then home to hug mother
As day turned to night
Still she wore that smile.
His days growing shorter
His time almost nigh
We'd sit by his bedside
Still not knowing why
His mother wore that smile.
In the arms of his mother
Our friend passed away
I love you, I love you
I can still hear her say
He closed his eyes as his mother smiled.
He now rests in forever
Where only true love can be
The smile of his mother
Was his last memory
Now I understand why she wore that smile.
Copyright © Darren Watson | Year Posted 2014
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