My Kentucky Mother

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My Kentucky Mother

In Memoriam
My mother Helen Richardson
June 27, 1923 — September 5, 1981

Astral dreams let me see your sacred form.
Southern woman, strong but of fragile frame—
O Kentucky Mother of love so warm!

Greek grandfather, gone before I was born,
In soul joins you, free from the mortal game—
Astral dreams let me see your sacred form.

Strong in spirit, heart tender as the morn,
With wisdom shining as bitter trials’ claim—
O Kentucky Mother of love so warm!

Those turtles we spied moving through the corn—
You praised their shells that guard from worldly flame.
Astral dreams let me see your sacred form.

The heart needs protection from matter’s storm.
Sorrows cut deep wounds from bigoted blame—
O Kentucky Mother of love so warm!

Your wise words allowed my soul to adorn
My life with faith—a path that discards shame.
Astral dreams let me see your sacred form—
O Kentucky Mother of love so warm!