Tess

This poem that’s a part of the Sister Series, a series of celebrating individual women and sharing their beauty through poetry. This poem is dedicated to my sister-in-law–a mother in the making–Tess.

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Tess

by Regan Smith

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A mirror reflection of the heavens, 
magnified through her humility, 
she brings fire down to earth; 
nothing can mar this light. 

This woman knows how to turn 
frozen hearts soft again. 
I’ve seen her do it through my brother, 
through my heart, too. 

Taught by example from her mother, 
she grows deeper into gratitude daily, 
living mindful of the eternity that’s set 
before her, her husband, her baby boy. 

She will inherit the earth through her humility; 
she welcomes and warms the hearts of the lost.

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