Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOTHER, by LUCY YAKEY WOOLEDGE


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MOTHER, by                    
First Line: With smile just a little bit sweeter
Last Line: I'll love you wherever you are.
Subject(s): Absence; Children; Love; Mothers; Separation; Isolation; Childhood


With smile just a little bit sweeter,
And hair just a little more gray,
Step just a wee bit slower
Than it was when I went away—
Come when the stars of evening
Shine from a cloudless sky,
With voice just a bit more gentle
Sing me your lullaby.
Smoothe out my wrinkled forehead
Banish away the pain,
Clasp me a bit more closely,
Call me your child again;
Out of the years that have glided
Over a rocky steep,
Ever your tones will lull me
Into a dreamless sleep.
Come from the voiceless silence
When the evening sun is low,
Guide my wayward footsteps
As they patter to and fro,
And I'll see your smiling visage
Shine out from each bright star
And I'll love you, love you, love you,
I'll love you wherever you are.





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