i am the name you exhale in your sleep. 

a comforting place 

and a promise i’ll keep.

i’m a shout, i’m a whisper, 

a plea, a demand.

the one always waiting as you reach out your hand.

if you’re proud 

or afraid 

or you just want to share;

any way that you say it, my attention is there.

i’m the place you are heading 

and where you started from.

for now and forever 

the one you call Mom.