A Better Me

Growing up without my mother

A Better Me

Being a new mother
Is a happy event they say,
But the day I was born
She just wished I'd go away.

They say she was a free spirit
And couldn't settle down,
Then one day she was gone,
And was never to be found.

I missed my mothers love
Of that I was deprived
Some days I would question God..
Please tell me why I'm alive.

Then one day it came to me
I didn't do anything wrong,
I had my grandparents love
And was right where I belonged.

On the day I became a mother
My heart was full of joy,
And I promised all my love
To that beautiful baby boy.

To him I was a loving mother
And was always near,
I didn't want him to grow up like me
Full of anger and great fear.

God always has a perfect plan
That we may not always see,
Growing up without my mothers love
Only made a better me.