My First

To my first love story. Happy Mother's Day, mom.

A mother is our first love story.

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My mother was my first love story,

And I wish everyone could be loved by Lori.

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If you’ve met, you’ve surely felt her love:

A sweet outpour, it’s generous and delicate.

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It’s hard-earned and self-taught,

The way she really makes sure she sees you.

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Because maybe what she sees in you

Is her own purity reflected in your gaze.

What came first?

The soul or the mirror?

In each of hers,

She is smiling.