"Destined Minds"

I AM MY MOTHERS DAUGHTER

Kind the soul that looks after friends
and keeper of their hearts

Years so tender full of grace has
learnt to dispense mercy well

Shaped is the life by what is taught
and learnt from thy mother's lap

How time has passed so quickly
that a quarter of century has marched

And you are your mother's daughter
and from her knee learnt well.

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008