Mother Did Us Proud : Family Poetry

My mother carried me then gave birth    ,

In a hospital on planet earth .

Tough times everyone was going through  

She accepted all she had to do .

In the tiny house where we did dwell   

She raised five children and worked as well  .

I never heard her complain at all ,

Even when her back was to the wall  .

She saw me crawling before I walked .

And heard me screaming before I talked .

She encouraged me to keep trying .
She loved us all there's no denying .
She was honest and she spoke the truth .

She had faith and we were all the proof  ,

Of God's existence in all we do  ,

we all shared what she was going through .

We learned to survive with nothing at all .
but we were happy and we stood tall .

Some mothers can be part of a crowd .

We had a mother who did us proud   .

By Paul McCann