Dear Mom and Dad,

by Kenneth Hoffman
(Morristown, NJ USA)

If love could flow
Like ink from a pen,
If words could show
How I feel now and then,
I am what I am
With you inside:
You gave me so much
In which I take pride.
There were times that were glad
And days that were sad
But you both understood
And gave all you had.
If I could live over
My whole life through,
I'd still want to be me
And you to be you.