As In Birth and As In Life


No love on the face
of this earth
Is any stronger
or ever will be
Than from a mother to a child

No other love is any stronger
than what a child
can give in return

No where on God's green earth
will you matter more
No where on God's green earth
will you mean more
Than within the heart of Mom

Treat her with respect
she earned it
Treat her with kindness
she gave you that
Treat her with the truth
she will not lie
not to you

Take away the rose
and another will take
its place

Take away the rainbow
and another will take
its place

Take away the day
and night will take
its place

Take my mother away
and nothing on
God's green earth
matters

As in birth and as in life
I could never have
this any other way

Robert H. Green
© 01/Oct/2003