We Are Not Your Children

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We are not your children, but We write you nonetheless To wish you Happy Mother's Day With sweet, sad tenderness. We loved your child, who cannot write The words that he would say, And so in memory of him We send you this today. There is no comfort can assuage The passing of a child, But we must do what we can do And know he would have smiled; And know that love is like a wave That sweeps past those who love To break upon the edge of death, Time's traces to remove; And break again, and break again Across that distant shore That all who love might taste of life And yearn in peace for more. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.