Inspiration: I was thinking back to one of the first poems I ever wrote. I was in the first grade. It was a poem for Mother’s Day. It went: With a smile so bright and eyes so blue, Mother I love you. The whole class had to write the same poem. My mother’s eyes are brown. My teacher said it didn’t matter. It mattered to me.
With a smile so bright
And eyes so blue
Mother I love you.
But my mother’s eyes are not blue…
Play poem below.