Beauty Down the Road

Beauty Down the Road

Mama believes in beauty down
the road;
Born only of timely wisdom, and
seed planted right.

By the sweat of her brow,
knowledge waters calloused hands,
and for every season-
a smile with the fruit of her vine.

But even when she casts no shadow
down these rows she tended so well,
she will always be here.

In a place far beneath the simple dirt,
there will her roots be, the roots
of a mother's love that taught us
to bridge the human gap.

The love that taught us to believe in
Beauty down the road.

a.j.

In loving memory of my mother who went home to be
with Jesus November 17,2000
I will never forget what you taught me.
angi