<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><b>“My Mother, My Hero” </b>by Ritwik Shandilya</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">My mother,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She wakes before me, sleeps after me.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She gets me ready fast and steady.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sometimes I wonder if she is a robot.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Needs no pay, just our smiles,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Never takes rest, no matter cold or hot.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Never gets tired though she has a pile to do.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">If there is a super hero, it's my mother.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I'm blessed to be blessed by her.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She scolds me and hugs me,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Makes me cry and makes me laugh.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Her touch is softer than fur.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She cares for everyone: me, my brother, and father.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">If there is a super hero, it's my mother.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Mothers can die for their children,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">But my mother loves me more than just that.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She is like the sweetest dove,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sitting on a tree of love.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I am blessed that she is my mother.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">If there is a super hero, it's my mother.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I know we can't always be together,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">But no one can hold us apart.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She is my life,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She is my heart,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She is my mother, </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">She is my super hero.</div></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">---------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>