The Woman In The Mirror

The Woman in the Mirror
Valerie Clark

Four years old looking in the mirror
Her love for me was like no other
The old black and white may not last forever
But forever is the love of a mother


Mom taught me the difference between wrong and right
But the greatest gift she gave me were my wings of flight.
The woman in the mirror that I see
Is a little bit of mom and a whole lot of me


Off to college on a crisp fall day
She said, “Time has come to find your way.”
“I have taught you everything I could.”
I know you so well, and you’ll do as you should


Mom taught me the difference between wrong and right
But the greatest gift she gave me were my wings of flight.
The woman in the mirror that I see
Is a little bit of mom and a whole lot of me


She’s gone and I reflect on those years
She encouraged me through dreams and tears
Told me, “You can be anything you want to be.”
It was the thing that always set me free.


Mom taught me the difference between wrong and right
But the greatest gift she gave me were my wings of flight.
The woman in the mirror that I see
Is a little bit of mom and a whole lot of me

Days would come and many years would go
Still her love for me I’d always know
The reflection of her heart and her soul

The woman in the mirror that I see
Is a little bit of mom and a whole lot of me