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Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
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0 posted 2000-05-13 10:23 AM


Brown and agile child, I watch you as you sleep ...
and think about the loves you'll have,
and the secrets that you'll keep.

Brown and agile child, for you I wish, a place to grow,
where ones color doesn't matter ...
and acceptance of each other, is all we know.

Brown and agile child, with the innocence of youth,
I lie and wonder of days ahead ... and pray for the patience
to teach you of the truth

Brown and agile child, just a baby now ...
completely without care,
I wish for you-in years to come ...
a world that will be more fair.


Janet Marie/August 1980





Happy Mothers Day to all to which this title applies.
*smile*
Mothers come in so many various forms and one does not have to have given birth to qualify. Being a mother is about giving unconditional love and all the gifts that come with that kind of love.
take care, jm



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Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
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Ontario, Canada
1 posted 2000-05-13 10:38 AM


This is beautifully written Janet Marie ... whatever the background or heritage a child is born into ... we are all just innocent children with futures ahead. Happy will be the world that accepts our wonderful variances and embraces our differences with appreciation for each unique child.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Danny Holloway
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since 2000-01-15
Posts 2034
Tulsa, OK
2 posted 2000-05-13 10:50 AM


Very nice JM, expresses the ultimate message of love and acceptance, something the world needs more of.  You have a mothers heart and the soul of an angel!
Happy Mothers Day to you!
dh

Denise
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3 posted 2000-05-13 12:22 PM


Beautiful, Janet Marie!  

Denise

Rosemary J. Gwaltney
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since 1999-08-26
Posts 997
northern mountains, Idaho
4 posted 2000-05-13 04:49 PM


This is a beautiful, wonderful poem!  It brings tears to my eyes.  Exquisitely written, and very loving and poignant.

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
5 posted 2000-05-13 10:33 PM


JM I agree with all the above, but particularly with Rosemary who put it so well.


thanks...

j.

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
Australia
6 posted 2000-05-14 02:38 AM


Janet Marie~
A beatiful, touching poem  
What you said is so true, you don't have to be a mother to qualify. Love your sentiments.
Love tracie~


 Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



Danny Holloway
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since 2000-01-15
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Tulsa, OK
7 posted 2000-05-15 10:46 AM


Up to where Eagles soar is where this one is headed......fly.....high.....free......
Aimster
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since 2000-02-19
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Charlotte, NC
8 posted 2000-05-15 10:51 AM


janet--

i know you said i didn't have to respond...but i felt i HAD to. this was so beautful!! you have such a gift with words that touch the reader the their very core. as always thanks for sharing!

love ya
amy  

 ~Live today as though it were your last but prepare for tomorrow as though it were here~

TerryW
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since 2000-03-23
Posts 779
Louisville, Mississippi, USA
9 posted 2000-05-15 02:49 PM


Janet Marie~
     Lovely, my dear.  You have written from your heart, and penned a truth beyond compare.  Lovely writing.  Bravo!!!




Love Ya~

 ~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

WhiteNite
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since 2000-04-09
Posts 241
Montgomery, AL
10 posted 2000-05-17 09:06 PM


Sweet. =)  And your comments ring so true.

 "Don't let your character get camoflaged with your environment.
Find who you are and let it stay in its true colors." --Rachel Joy Scott



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