For a Mother

Listening to my mother
makes me understand.
Hearing mom
sounds like music.
Mothers make sons
into something more
than just boys and teenagers.
Mothers are more
than just parents
and best friends.
When I think of mom,
I attempt to feel
how it must feel
to be loved like that.
As sons grow
from grade school to college,
I only hope that they understand
how mothers are smiling
with their boys.
All I know in my life
is that I want to be like her.
I want my kids,
as a father,
to know that I love them.
I want every child
to feel the depth of love
my mother has given me.
They need to feel that.
They should want that.
Children,
like the adult I am today,
deserve a love like that.