My first Hero

You drank cold coffee

Never ran late

Always did my hair

Stitched flowers onto the pockets of my jeans

You held your breath at every concert

Cheering loudly from the back

Smiled through all those broken evenings

Never let the seams go black

You were my first hero

Cape made out of tired hands

Holding up the sky

So I could learn to stand

Every scar you kept in silence

Every truth you carried through

Mama

When I say I’m brave

I mean I learned it all from you

You fixed my broken with silver tape

Laughed and called it “a work of art”

Paid the bills at midnight

Traced my future in the dark

You folded every fear I had

Like clothes into a drawer

Said

“I love you to the moon and back”

You were my first hero

Cape made out of tired hands

Holding up the sky

So I could learn to stand

Every scar you kept in silence

Every truth you carried through

Mama

When I say I’m strong

I mean I’m just a piece of you