Affirmation

You Held Me The first time I met you, I knew you were meant to take my role You were so kind to me, patient, understanding, a woman with a lovely soul Anticipated as you were to become a mother, you still comforted me in my time of pain The emotions that overtook me, feeling as if I were hit twice by a train Trusting you to be the mother, that I knew I was not meant for them, to be Even though I gave them life, God always said you were their mother, not me All the pieces of our meetings, just seemed to fall into place And my once tears of anger and jealousy, God sought to replace The bits and pieces of your personality, reminded me a bit of my own I remember the nervousness in your voice, the first time we ever talked on the phone You’re their mother through all the good and bad, the love that you hold for them with just one simple look I hope one day you can sit down, and read them the poems from me out of this book I remember in the department store, when I had to get away, and you knew why You never seemed angry, nervous perhaps, but you told me you could never replace me, then held me and let me cry Our tears both out of pain, joy, and mercy, we connected that day, we connected as one God brought us both together twice, in fact, and mothers together, we love all three, our love shining as bright as the sun