She planted me, like a seed,

Out in the yard

There she watered me and fed me

And every day nurtured me

Till I was the tree i am today,

I was tested

The storms and the winds caught me

But they were testing to see

What was to become of me,

I fought and grew from every set back

And all along she was holding me

Til the day I was too big for her arms

And could face the storms by myself

That’s how she knew I was ready to be left on my own,

All those years she was with me

Helping me through every step

My mother was to me,

The sun to a tree,

The person that always nurtured me.