Thanks, Mother!

In the heydays of success and joy

And when spirits apart are torn,

Hail to the kindness in you

To the good will in having me born;

Hail for the smiles shone,

In times of happiness  and gloom

Thanks for the tears you shed,

Since my first day in the womb;

Thanks for the way you cared,

To keep me healthy and fed,

And for taking me to school

So I would be a well-bred.

Thanks for the concern and love 

At moments I am a distance away,

Forever hail to your existence,

What more else can I say?

If high and low I search for words

Or promises of reciprocity make I,

I can never make it up the same,

Only the tiniest bit I will try.