DO YOU STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY YOU KNEW
THAT WITHIN YOUR WOMB A NEW LIFE GREW
AND DO YOU REMEMBERTHE PAIN OF MY BIRTH
OR DO YOU JUST SMILE AT WHAT IT WAS WORTH
DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THE LATE NIGHT FEEDINGS
AND THE DIAPER CHANGES I WAS CONSTANTLY NEEDING
DO YOU REMEMBER THINKING HOW FAST I DID GROW
WELL ON THIS DAY MOTHER I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I MAY NOT REMEMBER WHAT'S WRITTEN ABOVE
ALL I REMEMBER IS FEELING YOUR LOVE
ON MOTHERS DAY I SIT AND I THINK OF YOU
AND ALL THE THINGS, THROUGH MY LIFE, YOU WOULD DO
THE LIFE THAT YOU GAVE ME AND THE LOVE THAT WE SHARE
IS SOMETHING, DEAR MOTHER, THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
AS A YOUNG BOY I WOULD PLAY IN THE SUN
MY JOURNEY TO MANHOOD HAD ONLY BEGUN
AND YOU WERE THERE THROUGH IT ALL
TO PICK ME UP WHENEVER I'D FALL
YOU KISSED MY OWIES AND BANDAGED MY KNEES
YOU'D HOLD ME UNTIL THE PAIN HAD EASED
THEN YOU WOULD SMILE AND TELL ME TO GO PLAY
WELL ON THIS DAY, MOTHER, I WANT TO SAY
PERHAPS AS A CHILD I JUST DIDN'T KNOW
HOW FAR SAYING, "THANKS MOM" WOULD REALLY GO
MOST TIMES I'D JUST SMILE AND JUST RUN AWAY
ONLY TOO EAGER TO GET OUT AND PLAY
BUT THIS IS YOUR DAY AND NOW I CAN SEE
SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME
SCHOOL WENT BY FAST, BUT I REMEMBER LATE NIGHTS
YOU'D STAY UP LATE TO GET MY PROJECTS JUST RIGHT
YOU WERE THERE WHEN I'D FALL FOR SOME PRETTY YOUNG THING
YOU WATCHED AND YOU SMILED AT THE NEW LOVE SHE'D BRING
AND YOU WERE THERE TOO WHEN THAT LOVE FELL APART
YOU'D HOLD ME AND HELP MEND MY BROKEN HEART
AND YOU WERE SO HAPPY ON MY WEDDING DAY
BUT TO ALL THOSE GIRLS I JUST WANT TO SAY
THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAT COULD EVER BE KNOWN
THEN THE LOVE THAT MY MOTHER, THROUGH MY LIFE, HAS SHOWN
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE, AND WILL BE TO THE END
WHATEVER LIFE BRINGS, HER LOVE WILL NOT BEND
I KNOW, MOTHER, WE'VE A LONG WAY TO GO
AND SO ON THIS MOTHERS DAY I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I AM SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE
AND I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU FOR I AM YOUR SON
Jamie Atkinson
