| THE RAINBOW...PG 2 |
In the midst of cooking supper During an early morning walk On a quick trip to the corner store Or when a neighbor stopped to talk… Through whatever she was doing.. She kept one eye on the sky Forever on the lookout Without understanding why… Some thought her quite eccentric And the neighbors looked askance When the family gathered on the lawn To do Mama’s Rainbow dance!! For every rainbow that appeared Was greeted with joy and awe.. As if it were the very first Such spectacle they ever saw!! The years went by…the babies grew Before she knew it…they’d be gone No more bedtime stories or lullabies Or rainbow parties on the lawn The children all were in their teens When came the fateful day Susannah fell ill and the doctor said All that’s left to do is pray! It was cancer…there were treatments And the family pleaded with her to try!! But Susannah’s mind was firmly set Home is where she wished to die! Besides, chemotherapy was expensive Not something they could afford She calmed her family & cheerfully said “Let’s just leave it with the Lord…” Three more years they had with her There were good days and bad But she smiled through everything Refusing to be sad… She reminded them that when she reached The end of this earthly strife She’d be able to cross the Rainbow That led to eternal life!! When she grew too weak to climb the stairs They moved her bed to the living room So she could watch her beloved rainbows And see her garden as it bloomed… One afternoon in early spring The children visited a family friend Who resolved to take them fishing Should the rainshowers ever end… And end they did, by 2 o’clock So they gathered bait and poles Before hiking a half mile up the road To a favorite swimming hole… At 3 pm, the youngest girl Shouted, scrambling to her feet “Look!! It’s one of Mama’s Rainbows!!” And they all enjoyed the visual treat!! |
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