Mother's Day Poem

My Mother’s Smile

The cool autumn day we drive in the truck

Through mountains and valleys alight

With deep changing colors and waning sky

My Mother sits beside my Father in complete happiness

Behind them we think thoughts, not of amber sky

Or the beauty of mountains

Or the valleys alight

With purple, indigo, red, and brilliant yellow

We dream dreams that run through a boy’s mind

It is my dear mother who turns our thoughts

To outside ourselves at the picturesque sky

To gaze upon such brilliant creation

To remember God and beauty and magnificence

She smiles warmly at my Father

Years go by until I treasure this time

When I sit alone and gaze serenely at nature

My mind drifts back to that moment

Watching my mother teach us of life

Elated with the scenery and such joy in her smile

She knew it not then, but was pointing to God

And teaching her children to be still

To look outside ones self at the beauty all around

She smiles warmly at my Father

 Mom and Dad