Letter to my Mum
IF I COULD WRITE A LETTER TO YOU
AND POST IT TO HEAVEN ABOVE
HERE'S WHAT WOULD BE IN IT
SEALED WITH ALL MY LOVE
HI MUM HOW'S IT GOING
I HOPE YOUR SAFE AND WELL
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I MISS YOU
MORE THAN WORDS CAN TELL
THE MORNING JESUS TOOK YOU
I THOUGHT MY HEART WOULD BREAK
I KNEW IT WAS TIME FOR YOU TO GO
AS THERE WASN'T MUCH MORE YOU COULD TAKE
AS I KNELT BESIDE YOU
I PRAYED WITH ALL MY MIGHT
HOPING AND WISHING YOU COULD STAY
EVEN FOR ONE MORE NIGHT
BUT I WAS BEING SELFISH
ONLY THIS I NOW KNOW
THAT THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR EVERYONE
AND IT WAS YOUR TIME THEN TO GO
I NEVER LET GO OF YOUR HAND
AND HELD IT OH SO TIGHT
I WONDERED IF YOU WOULD KNOW THE WAY
TO GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT
I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE ALONE AND SCARED
AS I KNOW YOU SOMETIMES WERE
BUT JESUS HELD MY HAND
AND SAID HE'D MEET YOU THERE
AM SORRY IT'S TOOK SO LONG TO WRITE
ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW
SEEMS SO OUT OF SIGHT
THE PAIN OF YOUR LEAVING NEVER GOES AWAY
IT JUST MULLS OVER WITH EACH PASSING DAY
I'M NOW A BIT OLDER AND WISER TOO
I LOOK UP TO HEAVEN AND SAY THANK YOU
THANK YOU MUM FOR GIVING ME LIFE
FOR BEING GENTLE AND CARING AND FULL OF PRIDE
I HOPE I MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME
AS YOU WATCH OVER ME FROM ABOVE
I WISH YOU WERE HERE TO HOLD ME
BUT I KNOW YOU SEND YOUR LOVEā¦
I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU MUM OR STOP LOVING YOU
YOU ARE MY HERO AND MY WORLD
YOUR TRACY XX