They Were.............For my mother.

Come now

lay your heart

on the chest of the

father you once loved

Come now

let your hand

reach up to take the

large grip of a big brother

Come now

lift your feet

up the steps of memory

of those you knew freely

Come now

light your mind

for a tinder incense

of how things used to be

Come now

lease some time

in moorings of love

for gratitude of who they were

to you