Mum

She turns on my night light,
The room glows soft and bright
Arms in or arms out?
Arms out no arms in.
As she pulls the blanket up under my chin.
A kiss on the cheek, a whisper goodnight.
In her hand theres a bear for me to hold tight.
I love you baby, yes its true.
I love you too mommy, yes I do.
Can you leave the door open a little crack?
And if I start to cry do you promise to come back?
Yes baby, back in a flash.

I dont need that light, Im not a baby anymore.
And when you leave will you please shut the door?
Arms in or arms out?
Ill do it myself, its not for you to worry about.
I love you baby, yes its true.
Yea, yea whatever, Im sure that you do.
I push the teddy bear down to the floor.
I dont need to say, I love you anymore."

She doesnt come in,
Or pull the blankets up under my chin.
No question or arms in or out,
I dont understand what this is about.
I love you mom, yes its true.
Yes baby, Im sure that you do.
She leaves the bear on the floor and pauses quickly at the door.
She doesnt say, I love you anymore.

I walk in the door at one in the morning.
I crawl into bed tired and yawning.
Shes already asleep for the night in her bed.
The tears start to flow, I bury my head.
I cry and I cry for the love that we lack.
I cry and I cry, but she doesnt come back.
Arms out, I decide,
As I continue to cry.
Then I get up again and close the door,
And pick up the teddy bear off of the floor.
We dont say, I love you, not anymore.

Now its my turn to use all that Ive learned.
Because time is the fire in which all of us burn.
Arms in or arms out mom?
Arms out. She says from the bed where shes bound.
A kiss on the cheek, a whisper goodbye.
As hard as I try not to, I begin to cry.
I love you mom, yes its true.
I love you to baby, yes I do.
I pause by the door.
We won't get to say "I love you " anymore.

Dedicated to: My mother! She isn't deceased, it might sound she is but
she isn't! This poem just basically makes people realise how important
our parents really are!! Especially our mums!! And then when it is too
late, to say how much u really need them, love them, etc, you regret it
for the rest of your life!