Country Colored Memories
A mother’s fears
may last for years
As her children grow
A mother will know
problems will mount
Too many to count
a broken arm, a scrape, or bruise
A mother never gets to choose
she gives them a hug and a kiss
As she silently makes a wish
a mother does her best each day
she hopes and wishes but
primarily a mother prays
I sit in quiet solitudeReflecting on my present mood My thoughts are on my brothersMy sisters and my mother The times we played together under the big walnut treeCracking nuts for mama and we just didn’t see She had put...
The handle of the heart opens from insideThe heart is the only way you can hide If you open your door, it is your choiceIt will listen only to your voice throw hearts door open widelet someone else come inside...
What’s in a picture look and see what it holdsIf you look very closely a story unfolds A softball game was played that dayMama grabs her camera snapping without delay The sky Azul blue, white puffy clouds floating byThey look...
I saw it from the blackjack treeMy big sister is getting her spanking justbefore me I shimmied up that tall blackjackThinking I was off my daddy’s pain track I will admit all three sisters were guiltyOf the crime We were...