A Mothers Smile

The doctors have been slaving but they have worked in vain A thirteen year old boy has no future A tumour gnaws at his brain But his mother is smiling . She calls his friends over and begs , Please help me Help the final days of my baby To be all they can be Still she wears that smile. We play the games boys play Our friends play too Though he may be dying To himself he is true and still his mother smiled. Whenever he giggled He did so with delight Then home to hug mother As day turned to night Still she wore that smile. His days growing shorter His time almost nigh We'd sit by his bedside Still not knowing why His mother wore that smile. In the arms of his mother Our friend passed away I love you, I love you I can still hear her say He closed his eyes as his mother smiled. He now rests in forever Where only true love can be The smile of his mother Was his last memory Now I understand why she wore that smile.