Thank you for Her

For my mom...

We used to speak through silence, walking on eggshells

Hearts behind fences, living in parallel

Too many words left hanging in the air

Too many moments we just weren’t there

But I finally broke and let the pain pour down

Told you ‘bout Vanessa, and how I nearly drowned

Told you ‘bout Darla, the light I never got to hold

How the grief left me shattered and cold

And you didn’t run, you didn’t turn away

You held the storm I’d carried every day

No, you didn’t need to feel it just to understand

You just listened with a mother’s hand

And that was the start of the healing I craved

That was the moment I finally felt safe

The tears hit the table like quiet little drums

You said you’d been there too, and that made me come undone

We didn’t fix it all, but we found solid ground

In the middle of the wreckage, something whole was found

Now we ride together, windows down, singing old songs

Laughin’ in diners where the coffee’s never strong

It’s not perfect, but it’s real—every moment we spend

Feels like I found my mom, and not just a friend

We let go of the years that tried to split us in two

Built something better, something honest and true

And every time you smile now, I feel your love shine

A bond we rebuilt, one memory at a time

I look back and thank the road for leading me here

To a place where your voice is the one I hold dear

I can’t speak from the top of the mountain just yet—

But I’m finally feelin’ like we’re not done just yet

It took broken years and wounded nights

To learn that healing ain’t in winning fights

It’s in the reach, the quiet try

The arms that wait when you finally cry

Thank You, Lord, for the strength to forgive

For the time we lost, and the time we still get to live

For the arms that now hold what once pulled away

And the words we can say that we couldn’t yesterday

If there’s grace in the silence, I’ve heard it at last

In the love of my mother, the pain’s in the past

So I’ll carry this peace through each step I take

Thank You for giving me back what I prayed You’d remake

I love you, Mom.