WINNING POEM - A different kind of girls weekend -

 

- written by Ella Garai-Ebner -

Mum, you’ve been there through it all

Always standing by my side

Not caring that I’ve grown really tall

And it seems you’re half my size

You taught me the alphabet

From A to B to C

You taught me my manners

To say thank you, and please

You taught me to count up to six

In too many languages to name

Spanish, French, English too

From you, I know all the language tricks

I come to you for homework help

Though you claim to be bad at science

You know the equation for photosynthesis So really, you’re a liar!

 

You always say you’re not creative

But you need higher self esteem

You know how to fix things that I’ve broken I love all your clever schemes

I love you, because it doesn’t matter

Whatever bad thing I’ve done

We shout and scream and yell and fight

But I know everything will be alright

Because you, are my Mum

And you, mini Mama, very very mini Mama

You really are the best one out there

Or at least, that I have come across 

So I need to thank you, right now

For everything you’ve done

I hope you know how much I love

I’m so lucky, you’re my mum