Literary Litany

To my mother:

You are the strength and the kindness,

the loving and the caring.

You are the most outstanding

and the wise.

You are the happiness,

and the love.

However, you are not evil,

viscous,

or ungrateful.

And you are certainly not needy.

There is just no way that you are selfish.

It is possible that you are willing,

maybe even hard working,

but you are not even close

to being lazy.

And a quick look in the mirror will show

that you are neither complicated 

nor difficult

It might interest you to know,

speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,

that I look up to you.

I also happen to be willing,

giving

and compassionate.

I am also the focused

and the determined.

But don't worry, I'm not the strength and the kindness.

You are still the strength and the kindness.

You will always be the strength and the kindness,

not to mention the loving and--somehow--the caring.