Janette Marie
Precious, gentle mother
Prayerful, kind of heart
Welcomer of persons
Young, or old, from near or far
Garden always blooming
Flowers all arranged
Cleanliness within
For tasty treats you’re famed
Kitchen is abuzz
Confiding, cuppas, fun
Eating, talking, cooking
You, or yours, or everyone
Children, children, children
One or two, or twenty-four
Painting paper, bricks or pavement
Lego, Barbie, cars and more
Drive you to the hospital
To church or Boy’s Brigade
Deliver pamphlets, meals and love
In birth or death or just g’day
Singing nursery rhymes or hymns
Any tune or note or pitch
Burn the veges or the sausages
Roasts go off without a hitch
Boil the kettle, hang the washing
Iron and vacuum, mop the floor
Change the sheets before the next lot
Comes a-knocking on the door
One moves out, and one moves in
Army, neighbourhood and youth
Follow moving van to homes
Old ones gone, new friends en-group
Laughing, crying, sorry
Cuddle, comfort, pray
Petticoat and lipstick
Barefoot, loving God all day
6/11/2014
