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Noah A Williams - ODE To My Mother

Noah A Williams  

01 April 2024 

Ode to My Mother 

 

I asked my mom when she had shown grit most, 

Per-se-ver-ed and trailed yet ov-er-came  

Her re-spon-se delt with loss of her child,  

Lu-is was his name.  

 

She was four-ty-two he was twen-ty three 

One Fent-a-nyl pill changed our lives so tra-gi-cally  

grief,  wor-ry , oh  Lo-ri I love you so, 

We’ll all be ga-thered a-gain, this I know   

 

Asked my mom of her grea-test tri-um-ph 

For some its com-mon, for o-thers doubt-ful 

Col-lege grad-u-a-tion's like joy spite-ful 

 

You di-fyed the odds & broke the cy-cle 

A suc-cess st-ory on par with the greats 

Your young-est boy will try to care for you 

 give a rib if that is what it would take 

 

You are tru-ly wise and com-pass-io-nate 

You are mind-ful of us and those who's young 

wish I can sing an ode that hasn’t been sung  

 

in-vi-ted my mom to share and o-pen 

Her an-swer is why I can write this ode. 

A vi-sion of needs being met, and for happier stories told 

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