Ode to Tise

In the shelter of your arms
My heart has found a resting place.
After many years, being tossed on a restless sea,
I find comfort in your embrace.
 

With you, all my fragmented pieces
Finally become a whole,
And a blanket of contentment
Stills my wandering soul.
 

To walk with you hand in hand,
Truly is, heaven here, on earth,
and, I, having often talked of love,
Finally know it's worth.
 

Should God in His infinite mercy,
Grant a time for you and me,
With my heart then knowing completeness,
I can slip out to eternity.
 

                                                                                    by: Betty
                                                                                             October,1997

I Thought You Should Know

A little girl afraid of the dark runs down a long hall
to the safety of a mothers arms.
A blanket tacked over a doorway, turning
a once cold room into a warm cozy kitchen
full of breakfast smells.
Countless games of mother may I, and 123 red light.
Eating popcorn from big brown paper bags, while
playing hide and seek.
Hours spent sewing, bringing forth bright colored
clothes, hand basted with love.
Countless of other memories to numerous
for paper, but not forgotten.
You're the best mother a girl could have
had to help her become a woman.

                                                                                                                        Author:   Vicky Young