A Heart-Lined Journey (In Honor Of Mother's Day) Poem by Debora Short

Evidence of your loving heart
Springs awake
Touchstones of delicately
Translucent sunny yellows

Edge your ancient homestead
Dogwoods, peaches, crocus
Carefully heart-line a journey
Back to where your world once stood

Old roses now rabble upon a headstone
Your sweet little girl’s final resting place
A crumbled barn near-by
Where Ol’ Bossy was once stalled

Providing milk for the children
I can almost hear them
A lively bunch-singing out
…Tag your- it!

Fresh churned butter and home-baked bread
That sweet cream whipped up
Adorning Sunday’s special
Blackberry cobbler treats

And I wonder
What became of you and your dear family?
How did these old hills come to claim
Your songs sprinkled in sunny love?

(Back-road Sojourns, Tennessee—March 20,2007)