Rosie and Lila

Pristine petals grace the delicate

peach pink rose,

as the dark, green leaves dance

in the gentleness of the wind.

Flowers spread across the field

as Rosie digs in her garden.

Rosie has strawberry blonde hair that

is tied back in a pink bow,

lovingly fixed by her beautiful mother.

She wears a calico dress

that was sewn by motherly hands,

and she wears a green sun hat

with a pink ribbon that dangles by her

hair.

Mother kneels nearby,

planting strawberrie plants to harvest

next year.  She looks up at Rosie

and her other daughter Lila.

Lila is sitting cross legged at the top

of the garden.  She is playing with

a daisy.  Lila has brown hair

that is done up in two braids.

Mother admires the beauty of her two daughters.

She is proud to have two little girls

to call her own.

Yet, she is somewhat sad

that someday they will grow up

and leave her well crafted nest.

But, for now, Mother is content

to watch and listen to little beauties.

Rosie sings a sweet melody as she plants

her petunias.

Lila is busy plucking the white, silken petals

off the daisy.  She is singing, “He loves me,

he loves me not,

he loves me.”

And Yankee Doodle Dandy

sifts loudly from Rosie’s pink lips.

Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted December 9, 2011