Spent Mother's Day alone
In a world as cold as stone
Mom disappeared in the dead zone
Are these sins I should own?

Raising my kids with no mother there

Trying to minimize the despair

Mother’s Day without a care?

A holiday that should be shared?

Strange how the world turns

Problems of others not our concerns

Oblivious to what our heart yearns

Every one of us have all been burned,

Oh Mother if you could see me now

All this insanity and you wonder how

I remember your fevered brow

Took it for granted when you made us chow,

You were so beloved

You handled six boys with kid gloves

Protecting us all from the push and shove

Mothers like you not enough of,

Memories can be fond or sad

You were the best Mom a boy ever had

Despite the foolishness of this lad

You were the reason the family was glad,

Dear God, it’s not the same world today

So many mothers are running away

So many men choose not to stay

Children grow up in gloom and gray,

We had a mother we didn’t deserve

Did a great job of keeping the family preserved

Few women today would have the nerve

Mom you got the family around the curve,

All this praise that seems too late

Lord knows you did not deserve your fate

Thank God you had this family to create

Now you’ve passed through heaven’s gate.