Clasping hands,
smelling the honeysuckle
on a country road,
admiring a tree
magnificently gnarled,
I'm with my friend.
She's quick to cry;
sympathy without boundaries,
and generous passion,
Her soul belongs to beauty.
She's a mother.
Four children;
a husband;
cats,
and a dog;
Messes multitudinous.
She laughs
in spite of it all.
She's our mother.
We love her.