
Zane is my treasure.
Sometimes it’s hard to remember
What it was like before I became his mother
As if he was always a part of me
He looks like his Dad,
But my son resembles me.
His giggle laugh and open heart
Zane’s big smile and wide eyes
Like he sees your soul and decides you are worthy
Holding onto your every word
As if he were hungry to know you
I’m proud to claim that he gets that from me
The hunger, the capacity to love without restrictions
A willingness to laugh at life’s expectations
Always caring
Loving me on my worst days
Six years old and full of empathy
I walk in the door and he yells “Mommy!!”
My heart breaking into a million pieces
His words got me like “Yes Dear, what is it?”
Zane makes me cards daily,
Showing me that he is always thinking of me,
Gifting me his artistic masterpieces
On every scrap piece of paper that he can find.
Randomly gazing at me with affection,
Saying things like “my beautiful mama”
And “you are the best mother”
His words give me light in my darkest moments
Pulling me to kindness when I hate the world
Loving me fiercely as if I am his world
And I’m amazed at his spirit
How his soul is the purest
I’ve been knocked down by trash men
In most of my experience
And yet I’m raising a boy that lives authentically
With integrity
I look at him
And wonder how I could be so lucky
I’ve searched the world for hope
And found it in the brown eyes that first grew in my belly
The little hands that hold the pencil
As he draws for me
My sunshine,
I will lay my life down to protect his happy.
The love of my life,
My salvation when I hear “Mommy”
I will smile forever
Because he is my center,
Always and forever,
My baby boy,
Zane Luis.
Absolutely beautiful and straight from the heart! I love it
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Shae your opinion really means a lot to me! I am so thankful that you read this! Mom to mom, I could never truly express how important my baby boy is!
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This poem was beautiful.
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Thank you Michael, I got choked up writing it!
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