Come home little boy
Don't stay so long gone.
I've Hidden the toy
But look for the fawn.
Is that the door?
Go away fear!
If the boy remembers
Can the man hear?
I know that you're busy,
Life of your own.
But isn't there time
To pick up the phone?
Go away silence!
Leave me alone.
Thoughts of my boy
I hate to postone.
The balance of of life needs
Some old and some new.
I am the elder,
But I wait for you.
Come home little boy
Don't stay so long gone.
I see tomorrow's promise
As yesterday's dawn.
Grandma Proses
Shirley A. Bender
Copyright © 1985
'Son Shine' set to music...
Composed by Laurie Stonerock
About Me
- Coffeenuts
- Indiana
- This Blog was initially created to help illustrate my Mom's poetry. Her name; Shirley A. Bender. She was born in Indianapolis in 1933. She spent 20 years of her adult life in Arizona and New Mexico. She attended Purdue University, and has lived in Lafayette, Indiana since 1971. She is married to her husband of 60 years, has three children, four grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren w/1 in the oven. She has read her poems throughout the country, and works with grade school children to foster creative writing. My mom's sister, the late Mary Lou Meyer, was the driving force behind my mother to have her books published. Aunt Lou also had eight of her sister's poems set to music. All eight of these tunes were composed by Laurie Stonerock and can be heard on this blog.
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