Nina Jo Smith - Mother Is

Mother Is
Nina Jo Smith
© 2023 Redwood River Music

Mother is

a book
a marriage
a miscarriage
another marriage

a driver of cars
the Hudson
the Mercury
the blue Thunderbird

Mother ran away
and Charles would find her
when I was five
six or was it
seven while
that white satin angel sat atop
and colored lights came on
the tree and

everyone gathered around except
Mom
gone
dancing

Mother took her secrets
packed tightly
hidden like
jewels sewn
into her hem when
she left for good

Mother was

a book of mysteries
no one could solve