Six little words
backlit in green
on my phone
fill my heart
with a smile so warm
the words could have been said to me

He told me he loves me
what more can I ask
as a mother
for my young
than to know the words

He told me he loves me

I don’t understand
how a parent can care
that the he who said it
said it to my son
to know that he is loved
accepted
despite it all
To know that a heart
reaches our to his heart
and told the softness in his soul

he told me he loved me