A Mother’s Love

It was pouring heavily outside.

And my mind began to drift

It drifted towards the past events,

Tears came running down my cheeks,

I recalled the time I first held my son near my bedside
It was a fleeting moment

I remembered all the first times with him

He became my strength and my inspiration

I shared tears and laughter’s with him

I hugged him when he first failed an exam during grade school

My heart skipped when he told me about his girlfriend

He shared all his stories

But I don’t know what went wrong

He suddenly felt different

He never called me anymore

He didn’t visit me during school breaks

Until I receive a call from someone close to him

 I never expected the news I heard

He got hooked with drugs after he broke up with his girl

He collapsed and was unconscious for many days

He never got his old self back

I did not get angry at him

I hugged, comforted, and accepted him

I cared for him like what I did when he was still a child

I had sleepless moments since he came back

We were truly happy

My efforts to bring back his old self were paid

But I was totally wrong

He collapsed and never recovered

He had his last breath in my arms

How quickly the time flies,

I have never forgotten him for the past fifteen years

I can vividly recall the features on his face, the strands of his
hair, and his physique

I am still pained whenever I recall the moment I lost him

It was also pouring heavily outside

Truly a mother’s love is incomparable and lasts a lifetime.