A Mother's Day...Forever

This month’s blog is dedicated to mothers who have supported, coached and/or guided me during a most challenging time of my life in the past year ~

             Ms. Banks, Clara, Evelyn, Janis, Kia, Lizan, Mrs. Langhorn, Ms. Powell, Soo, Suzanne, Yvette …

 …..THINGS nor words can capture who you are for me.  I love you.

And to my clients – mothers who trust/ed me to successfully teach their children and expand their enthusiastic minds – YOU are an inspiration for rising everyday!  

So it is with sincere gratitude and obligation to share the following poem entitled Mother’s Day...Forever.  It is reprinted from my (entirely) self-published book of poems entitled S acred B lues. I produced the 50-page book in 2001 and I am debating whether or not to have it reproduced and published.  In the meantime, I hope you like Mother’s Day...Forever.

It is said when life gives you lemons make lemonade.

Mama your heart was the mixing bowl
and prayer was your spoon.
Your lips were juicy lemons
laced with honey and spice,
each and every kiss
shattered nightmares of vice.

So like a water-colored rose
that bathes in the sun’s warm rays
my life becomes a garden as my own love unfolds
my life becomes a garden as my own love unfolds.

I drank Mama’s secret potion
in the backyard shade.
I knew, without a doubt,
her love was disguised
as lemonade
because

I danced in ecstasy
consumed by the fire of purpose and creativity.

Salutations to you, Mother
whose Songs to the Lord
we may never fathom.
Salutations to you, Mother,
whose smile illumines the entire universe.

Mother
let me adorn you head to toe
with a garland of lotus flowers
plucked from my heart
where you taught me to roam
and my mind feels at home.

I inhale deep
breathe out long
Mother, I am the legacy of
your Royal Blue Song!
Salutations to you, Mother
whose love is Forever!

 ~ Quelyn, Author of

Validation Denied Grace Bestowed:somewhere between the ghetto and God was something called foster care...

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