Everything I Am
written by: Debra Sasak Ross
I want to write something beautiful for you,
But I don’t know where to begin
I have no words to describe
The feelings I have inside.
I don’t know what I’ll do
When you take your last breath.
I don’t know how I will ever be able to carry on.
Will I forget your face
Your eyes,
Your smile,
Your voice
Or your loving hands?
How I so wish to make you proud of me
And I’m sorry you had to live with my growing pains,
But I’m so very glad you did.
Because Mama, I never would have made it without you
Everything I am,
I am because of you.
Debra Sasak Ross is a published poet from Chicago, Illinois. Besides reading, writing and listening to music, she loves thunderstorms, blizzards and gardening. Her work can be found in the anthologies, Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze and Dandelion in a Vase of Roses. Her work can also be found online in The Poet Community, Inquisition Poetry, Nature Writing, Haiku Journal. And Best Poetry. She has also published her first book, “BELIEVE” in 2018. She now resides in Iowa.
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