She wants you to be as nice as her… She wants you to be as big as her, She wants you to be just like her, But now she knows you’re not, not… There’s only one of her,

Such a heavy heart, So crushed by fear— She never meant to lock Her love from you, dear. Her deep love for you

To be going to school, at this her… At a thirty-five! She MUST be… To have to work, work, work, And study, Oh! so hard. Where teachers, students, and staf…

The earth is a woolen fabric. Tawny and umber The trees are lace. Gray and blac… The crystalline sky is clear, And silver as glass.

Words don’t last forever, Though they think they do. New clothes and money aren’t neede… As long as she has you. Friends are for eternity,

Spring’s emerald buds upon a youth… Never thought of death, A verdant pointed star so powerful… Love’s rain from reaching ground, The crimson fan mirroring sunlit a…

Don’t lollygag, scalawag, scurry o… Your mama is waiting. You’ve tarr… The loblolly pine branches tap a t… You’d best get on back 'cause you’… The scuppernong stain 'round the r…

Her beautiful Ballerina She sits and admires Pliait 1,2,1,2 Again

There is so much talk of the mothe… But what about the other. So wise, so strong, so caring, Always giving, Always sharing. Stable shoulder to lay out their f…

They stand together—those three, Like the birch, clumped outside he… Joined by a common root. Different; yet the same Bent by winds of time and

He can’t believe they’re into anot… And Valentine’s Day is oh so near… He needs new sweet nothings to whi… But after years of marriage, mixed… What more can he say, what gift ca…

People come and go, They are all passersby. Some come to show, A path on which others can rely. Some have come to build,

Misconceived, She was misconceived A mother grieved... And she is left without Still searching for a safe

Daddy don’t you touch him with tha… Cause when he kills you, the world… Understand. What got into him? What made him… Not knowing he lived the life of a…

A splotch of veridian, A hint of cerulean blue. One long streak of burnt sienna. The painter dabs The palette