Thank You, Mom (In Loving Memory)

I fold the morning like a letter with your name

The kettle sings the note you used to hum

I set two cups, then smile at the empty chair

I say sorry for the calls I never made

I say thank you for the light you never charged me for

I sweep the floor the way you taught my hands

The dust turns to stars in the window sun

I whisper, stay if you want, I will listen

If love is a road, you walked ahead and waited

I am learning to follow without running out of breath

Rest easy, Mom, in the sky so blue

No pain, no weight, just the softest view

I miss you daily, and I'm grateful too

I'll carry your kindness in everything I do

The calendar flips but the ink stays warm

I find your handwriting on a recipe card

I cook too much and leave a plate by the sill

I tell the moon the jokes you would have loved

I promise to be gentle with the parts you mended

I promise to be brave when mornings are heavy

I count the ways you kept the storms outside

I open the door and let your laughter in

Thank you, Mom. I'm carrying your light

Rest easy now, in the sky so blue

I miss you daily, and I'm grateful too

Thank you, Mom, in everything I do

If angels ask what you were made of, say tea and patience

Say late-night blankets and the softest scolding

Say you left your map folded in my pocket

Say I am still walking it, step by step

Thank you, Mom . I'm carrying your light

Rest easy now, in the sky so blue

I miss you daily, and I'm grateful too

Thank you, Mom, in everything I do

Thank you, Mom, I'll meet you in quiet dreams

I'll wake and light a candle by the window

I'll say thank you, and I'll say see you soon

Rest easy, Mom. I'm okay because of you