The Best of Me

With a forehead kiss
I gave you the best of me
Pressed
all the tenderness
warmth
maternal love
a daughter can give to her mother

Whose own mother was
not
tender

Placed it
softly
at the peak of your widow
lips delicately
placed
for the teensiest of bits
but with the accumulation of years
of gratitude
of forgiveness
of understanding
of wishing
and ultimately,
of appreciation for the moment
and for the woman who is Mom

The end of the head massage
you let me to give
just for a small,
small moment
the best of me.