M - O - T - H - E - R

　　"M" is for the million things she gave me,

　　"O" means¹ only that she's growing old,

　　"T" is for the tears she shed² to save me,

　　"H" is for her heart of purest gold;

　　"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,

　　"R" means right, and right she'll always be,

　　Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"

　　A word that means the world to me.