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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

My Mother's Heart

An Original Formal ‘Pantoum’ Poem by Elizabeth Lancaster

Inside each of us is a beating heart.
It keeps us alive when we wish to survive.
My heart beats because hers beat first,
Pounding with love for a child within.

It keeps us alive when we wish to survive.
As mine is made of silver, hers is gold,
Pounding with love for a child within.
A child who will always be there, sealed in her heart.

As mine is made of silver, hers is gold;
Luster that never dulls, but only brightens with each new memory of
A child who will always be there, sealed in her heart.
It’s pitter-patter quickens with sounds of laughter and singing.

Luster that never dulls, but only brightens with each new memory of
Tiny shoes, toothless grins, peanut butter and jelly and a full pew on Sunday mornings.
It’s pitter-patter quickens with sounds of laughter and singing.
To know my mother’s heart is to know love and sweet Amazing Grace.

Tiny shoes, toothless grins, peanut butter and jelly and a full pew on Sunday mornings;
Experiences she shares with each new generation.
To know my mother’s heart is to know love and sweet Amazing Grace.
My heart, the hearts of my children – beat, because hers beat first.

 

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