Mother's Day

I first cried in your arms Even though I was barely alive I knew that I would never see harm As long as I am in your embrace mom You were my first love As you are my last. I recall how the years slowly passed When I was under your wings Nobody believed me, when I told them I could hear the angels sing, But believe me mother I did. I never felt safer than you made me feel Even the deepest wounds in my heart, you could heal Today is mother’s day, and you are not here I guess somewhere in my soul I always feared That the day would come when I was all alone When everything I ever loved was gone But I never expected my feet to leave your soil I took the words your history taught me To always fight and be strong When weak, to sing a proud song Today is mother’s day, and you are not here Wherever in this world I breathe In my lonely heart you will always be My first, my last, my eternal love My land, my mother, my all Aleppo.