The Lesser Hues

If blue is sorrow I am blue

I'm blurred along the lines of you

My child, my children ~ when you mourn

My heart, my soul, my life is torn

When hardships drench your hopeful dreams

When heartache weighs you down it seems

I could have done so much, much more

But you don't listen anymore

I miss you like the purpling skies

Your whens, and wheres, and hows and whys

When twilight falls on windowsills

And shadows fall across the hills

I wish I'd found a way to prove

A mother's pride, a mother's love

Time slipped away, and you are gone

But yester-years will linger long

Regret is jewel-toned in hue

Oh, how I wish I could undo

Those lazy times I spent away

As if this life were endless day

My boys are men; we're worlds apart

And life has trampled on your hearts

I'd give my all to take away

The sorrows life has flung your way.