Thank You Mommy For Keeping My Safe While You Could

Thank you mommy for keeping me safe while you could But I couldn’t stay in there forever even though you preferred that I would You knew I was sick even before I was born You told me you were scared and at night you would mourn You hummed a sweet song and so soft and so low Even then you knew what would make me feel safe and comfort me so The day has come when I have to try on my own Even though I don’t know if I will ever go home There’s this sharp pain in my chest I hope it ends quick It makes me grasp for a breath and it’s making me sick The odds are not great but God will see me through My skin doesn’t look normal my skin is so blue The pumps and the meds with the pokes and the prods Is my daily routine along with a prayer to my God My mom so worried I think it’s a shame She won’t leave my side because she thinks she’s to blame CHD’s don’t care what class, the rich or the poor At the end of the day you’ll be on your knees on the floor Praying to your God to give you another day But as it always happens he always has his way I know It may not be what mom or I want But I get a few more hours with help from a shunt There’s a hole in my chest because the swellings so great I no longer look human and we all have to wait We have to wait to see if I live or if I die My parents are crying now you know the reason why Things all went silent as I reached for the sky I looked up to see Jesus with a tear in his eye Not because he wasn’t happy to see me I know But because my mom’s heart is broken and it’s hurting her so She thinks to herself was there something she could have done But there’s nothing that can change me I’ll always be her son I love you mommy and I’m okaythere's no more sickness or pain No more medicines or needles, and no one’s to blame I’m wrapped in his arms until the day that you die When you see Jesus with a tear in his eye For you see you are home and we are together you see And nothing can separate us it’s just you and just me And we will be here forever and I prefer that we would Thank you mommy for keeping me safe while you could