Mama and Daddy
Together they forged a life
Beginning during the great depression
They never had much to show for their hard work
Except the seven of us children
We gave them pain, we gave them joy,
and lots of sleepless nights
They gave us love and honesty
And taught us wrong from right.
We got our education, they kept us clean and fed,
We come to know the good Lord
Reading the words that He said.
Much too soon they left us here
On this old earth alone.
But I am glad they missed some things
Causing suffering hard and long
Like brother Glenn’s alzeheimers,
Geneva’s problems in her life
To know of Leo’s mental sickness
And Paul Wayne’s drowning death
Rodger’s loss of his wife Claire,
What really happened there?
This would have been hard for them to bear.
Sonny’s illness and early death
For us they would have wept
Racially mixed great grans and illegitimacy
Divorces, homosexuals and the like
Along with pain and suffering
As their bodies faced old age.
But I would love to tell them our triumphs
I would like to share our wins
Cause there’s nothing like telling
Mama and Daddy something good, now and then.
Oh how they would like to see
The love on David’s face
When he looks at Glenda’s sweet face.
To meet Travis, Dylan, and Chylsea
To know we had their love to share
Would have made them glad
If they had known Angie’s kids
Johnathan, Tristan, and Elizabeth
What fun they would’ve had.
To see Angie and Laura being such close friends
And Laura fnding Craig, and falling in love with him
Would have meant so much to them.
Copyright © Anita Lovelace | Year Posted 2005
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