Resilient Love

[Verse 1]
I know I’ve let you down before, time and time again,
The lines I’ve crossed, the hurt I've caused, I can't pretend.
You dreamed of more, I know it’s true, and I’ve been less than grand,
But Mama, I've been learning, though I don’t yet understand.
[Verse 2]
I’m sorry for the pieces of a life I couldn’t mend,
I see you in the shadows where your patience never ends.
You’ve seen my weakest moments, yet you’ve never let me fall,
In every doubt, in every storm, you’ve loved me through it all.
[Chorus]
So don’t remember my lost twenty, the years that broke your heart,
Think of the times I held your hand, when you steadied my start.
On Mother’s Day, I’ll light a flame, for the one I’m thinking of,
Not dreams deferred or bridges burned, but resilient love.
[Verse 3]
The wrinkles in your hands, they tell a story of their own,
The nights you stayed up praying—for a seed you’d never sown.
But Mama, in those first twenty, you gave me all I know,
The way to rise, the fight to try, through fields where nothing grows.
[Bridge]
There’s a sunrise breaking through this fog, a warmth I’ve never seen,
A voice in me, it's rooted deep, in faith where you have been.
I won’t rewrite the chapters that have thorns and tears in view,
But Mama, as I grow, I hope I’ve given back to you.
[Chorus]
So don’t remember my lost twenty, the years that broke your heart,
Think of the times I held your hand, when you steadied my start.
On Mother’s Day, I’ll light a flame, for the one I’m thinking of,
Not dreams deferred or bridges burned, but resilient love.

uplifting, country, acoustic transitioning to uplifting, male vocals, sad, emotional