This is for you, mom

Her words shook me up
those are not her usual words
there was a deeper thought
in her very action and its outcome

From all I have known and seen
she never spent on luxury
never boarded a private vehicle
when sick or on a dark night

charity was within her means
every penny she gave away had value
for never a penny fell from the roof
she earned each, toiling hours

sometimes, people judged her
this was her pain, forever
she knew money and people and
what money could do to people

perpetual backpain did not deter
her will to provide us well
even when her heart pained literally
she never let go her fighting spirit

I always wondered how she and she alone
could make friends with everyone
she blended with others,had no bias
be her neighbour,if you don't believe.

my reverence for her grew when she
did a selfless act with her life saving.
I don't have words for you,I bow to you
and only wish someday,to be like you.