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Shoestrings

You tied my shoes when I was little.

Helped me say my prayers at night.

You did your best to teach me

what is wrong from what is right.

You are gone but not forgotten.

And though we’re now apart,

Mother, you will always tie

the shoestrings of my heart.

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