Then He Cried

When he left his mother and the doctor spanked his hide In that delivery room he then first cried, But, that cry that he uttered so proudly and loud Was a proclamation to all, that he'll make his mother proud. As a young boy he and his mother walked hand in hand She taught him that one day alone he must make his stand, So, in defeat he would not ever give up, but again he would try And not once ever in a loss, did he cry. The man that he became was not crafted from a father or brother It was from the desire and the love from his mother, Now, the man that he became he has said with honor and pride Was all because of his mother, and then he cried. Randy L. McClave