Michael Jackson,

As we are so grateful for your August 29, 1958 birth, we reflect on your poem "Mother" from your book Dancing the Dream

Eons of time I've been gestating...

To take a form been hesitating...

From the unmanifest this cosmic conception

On this earth a fantastic reception

And then one fateful August morn

From your being I was born

With tender love you nurtured a seed

To your own distress you paid no heed

Unmindful of any risk or danger

You decided upon this lonely stranger

Rainbows, clouds, the deep blue sky,

Glittering birds that fly on high

Out of fragments you've made my whole

From the elements you fashioned my soul

Mother dear, you gave me life

Because of you, no struggle or strife

You gave me joy and position

Cared for me without condition

And if I ever change this world,

It's from the emotions you've unfurl'd

Your compassion is so sweet and dear

Your finest feelings I can hear

I can sense your faintest notion

The wondrous magic of your love position

And now that I have come so far

Met with every king and czar

 Encountered every color and creed

Of every passion, every greed

I go back to that starry night

You taught me how to stand and fight

For every single wrong and right

Every day without a hold

I will treasure what you've mold

I will remember every kiss

Your sweet words I'll never miss

No matter where I go from here

You're in my heart, my mother dear