UNDER MY MOTHER'S WING

MY TRUE PLACE OF COMFORT IS UNDER MY MOTHERS WING

EATING ICE CREAM AND CAKE WHEN I HAVE MINOR CUTS AND STINGS

I AM THE BABY BIRD AND YOU ARE THE MOTHER

YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I HAVE, THERE WON’T BE ANOTHER

I REMEMBER GOING TO THE PARK AND THE PIGGY BACK RIDES

YOUR KISSES ON MY CHEEK WHENEVER I CRIED

YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR WHATEVER I TRIED

YOUR BELT ON MY BUTT WHENEVER I LIED

THE SATURDAY MORNING GROCERY SHOPPING IN TROY

THE MCDONALDS HAPPY MEALS WITH A TOY

THE MAN INSIDE OF ME WHO IS STILL A MAMA’S BOY

THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I HAVE MADE AND YOUR JOY

YOUR LOVE IS LIKE MY DRUG BECAUSE I CAN’T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH

I MAY NOT SHOW IT ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE I TRY TO ACT TOUGH

YOU ARE MY NURSE WHEN I AM CONFINED, MY TEACHER WHEN I AM MISLEAD,

MY HEART WHEN IT’S BEEN ABUSED, AND MY LUNGS WHEN THEY ARE BEING DEPRIVED OF AIR

YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME

AND THE DEATH OF YOU WOULD BE THE DEATH OF ME

YOU ARE THE REDDISH HUE TO MY PERFECT SUNSET, MY UMBRELLA SO I WON’T GET WET,

MY RADIO FOR MY CASSETTE, MY ALLEVIATION WHEN I AM UPSET

AND WITHOUT YOUR LOVE I WOULDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO

YOUR NAME IS INSCRIBED ON MY HEART AS IF IT WERE A TATTOO

I AM THE JOEY AND YOU ARE THE MOTHER KANGAROO

AND I THINK ME TELLING YOU “I LOVE YOU” IS WELL OVERDUE

YOU ARE THE ONLY WOMAN WHO WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN

THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE

THE WOMAN MY DAD CALLS HIS WIFE

AND THE WOMAN THAT MY NEICES AND NEPHEWS CALL GRANNY

LET US OUT LIVE WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY AND FORGET ABOUT THE PAST

FOCUS ON THE PRESENT AND WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR US

LOOK AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE AND SEE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE

AND LOOK AT THIS POEM EVERYDAY AND REALIZE “YOU” ARE ME!

BY: LEELAND DAVENPORT