I think about you every day

Even all the time

I can never really say

You're ever off my mind

The memories we share together

The good times and the bad

Through all kinds of stormy weather

And the dreams we've had

You pulled me through my childhood

You raised me like a mom

You never thought like a child would

In the hurricane, you were calm

We both know we've been through things

No child should endure

But you always gave me wings

And made me feel secure

Apart, we never would have lived

Through all that we've been through

The more I took, the more you'd give

I'm here because of you

Our father would have already killed me

Your strength helped me along

The beatings stopped, and then you healed me

And helped me to belong

Socially, I was outcast

I never had a friend

But your love would always outlast

I cannot comprehend

You were a second mom to me

Ours we could not see

And now I am all I can be

So blissful and so free