Mama, did I hurt you?

  I didn't mean to make you cry

  I know now I was wrong

  You were right; you were wise

 

  All those times I should have listened

 Those times I smarted-off

  All those times I turned my back

 You were right to have been cross.

 

  I should have thanked you, but I didn't

  I should have said I loved you more

  I should have showed it, not just thought it

  There was so much I did ignore

 

  I thought you didn't understand

  I thought you were too old

  Now I know I was the one

  Insensitive and cold

 

  When Daddy died, how hard you cried

  I cried, too, you know

  But kids heal faster; this I've learned

  And wives and mothers; they heal slow

 

  I know you stood at my bedroom door

  When you thought I was asleep

  I peeked; I saw your tears

  What did I do that made you weep

 

  Was I too selfish and ambitious?

  Was I too full of foolish pride?

  Is that what you thought Mama?

  Is that what made you cry?

 

  Did I disappoint you, Mama?

  Did I let you down?

  I tried so hard to make you proud

  I guess I went about it wrong.

 

  I question now your many tears

  Which today make my heart ache

  Too bad kids don't have more sense

  That they must wait until it's too late

 

  I think you loved me much too much

  That must be the reason why

  You shed so many tears for me

  You loved me so much, you cried

Virginia (Ginny) Ellis

  Copyright April 2003

  Page By Mary Jones

May--2004

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