to my mother

a garden abounds inside me

I have spent my days replanting its flowers 

Without knowing your name,

The earth has flourished with seeds of you

I have sowed your understanding in those who are lost

In my irritants, your tolerance

Your grace in those who wrong me

Jaded few have felt your tenderness in my embrace

The needy witnessed your charity in my eyes

I have spoken your empathy to the ones in misfortune

sitting down with despair, I watered it with your faith

You nurtured soil into a blossomed world