Mother's Smile poem by Michael Burch

Mother’s Smile
by Michael Burch

There never was a fonder smile

than mother’s smile, no softer touch

than mother’s touch. So sleep awhile

and know she loves you more than “much.”

So more than “much,” much more than “all.”

Though tender words, these do not speak

of love at all, nor how we fall

and mother’s there, nor how we reach

from nightmares in the ticking night

and she is there to hold us tight.

There never was a stronger back

than father’s back, that held our weight

and lifted us, when we were small,

and bore us till we reached the gate,

then held our hands that first bright mile

till we could run, and did, and flew.

But, oh, a mother’s tender smile

will leap and follow after you!

dedicated to his wife, Elizabeth Harris Burch and mother, Christine Ena Burch
originally published by TALESetc

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Music: A Song For Mama by Boyz