Her Heart String

Tribute to my Grandmother

I learned the best of beauty and love through my Grandmother. 
Beauty & Love 
Divine Beauty and Love 
I didn’t find it the arms of man, or some fairytale 
I found it in tired eyes closely resembling mine. 
Eyes that have seen love and loss, 
Seen seasons dance in and sneak away

I learned the best of beauty and love 
Through the hands of my grandmother 
Hands that stitched love in quilts and slips 
Little girls are supposed to wear under dresses 
Hands in fact the stitched matching dresses and jumpers for me and No No

Hands that rose in prayer
Never ceasing to give praise God 
And I have never seen hands so beautiful

My Grandmother has a green thumb 
She brought about life 
Planted flowers, gathered ripe tomatoes and squash and apples from her garden

Baked personalized 
birthday apple pies
I'd watch her skillfully peel apples shed picked from the tree in the backyard
add cinnamon and brown sugar 
and even sweeter she'd pack in all her love
after her love labor in the kitchen 
then I’d watch her prick her finger to test her sugar 
The blood that ran through her was sweet

Grandma laid pallets told stories 
Of farmers and fields 
Sister Susie and Martha 
And we listened

I learned the best of beauty and love 
Through the hands of my 99 year old grandmother 
My grandmother who wore favor and grace like a crown 
Her hands taught me that love never ceases to Serve 
Love never ceases to reverence the Most High 
Love Keeps no record of wrong, 
Love endures all