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First Day ~ A Mother Prays
By Karen Heywood

Notebooks, markers, pencils, pens.
Clothes and shoes in latest trends.
A mother sighs and says "Amen".
They're back in school again!

Backpacks filled with school supplies.
Stomachs filled with butterflies.
Halls are filled with children's cries.
"Amen," a mother sighs.

School bus comes around the bend.
A mother waits as kids descend.
She hugs them tight and says "Amen".
They're home from school again!



 


 

 

Karen Heywood writes non-fiction, poetry, stage and screenplays in the voice of every woman – a voice inherited from her great-grandmother who wrote sheet music during the Depression.  Karen resides in Sturgeon, MO with her husband of 31 years, Paul, and their four adopted children.  She is the mother of six, Nana of three (soon to be four), foster mother of many, and is pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Stephens College in Columbia, MO.

 

 



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