She Sculpted Me

Angels live in heaven, so I heard you all say, as the pristine celestial beauty they ascend like the sparkling stars in the far away milky way, but I know on the mortal earth they often descend. If you ask me how do I know, I would aver, I have seen the radiance of my mother’s heart as bright as adoring shine of a splendorous star, suffusing me with love even destiny made us apart. In troubled times when the family was adrift in unrest, she toiled to settle down secured in a land unknown, gave a precious gift to my rootless uncertain life, a nest, from where I spread my wings in the sky and have flown. I soared high under the caring cover of her weary wings, my aspirations the wild winds couldn’t blow away. I live in the shadow of her undying love, memory brings, for it’s her hands that sculpted me what I am today. She has left me for her new home a long time ago, when in dismal night the glistening north star I see, guiding me to my final destination, I then know, she is the star, shining with angels in heaven for me. ______________ April 29, 2022 Contest : A Mother's Love, Tributes Of Love For Mother's Day Sponsored by : BJ Legros Kelley