Oh Mother, You're My Home

You held the night when it broke apart, carried the stars

in your beating heart, a lighthouse shining through my stormy seas,

the kind of love that sets a soul at ease. I never asked

how you stayed so strong, but you've been my strength all along.

Oh mother, oh mother, you're my home. The roots I cling to the

ground I've known. When the world feels cold and the skies are gray,

you light the path, you show the way. You taught me

how to dream and fight, to chase the morning, to claim the