Mary Lee Becker

Chicago, Illinois

My name is Mary Lee Becker. I'm a widow since 1990. My husband always appreciated my music, my stories, and my poems. I used those a lot in my teaching. I began writing poems about 30 years ago, often the kind that little children would like. Often I set them to music, and the children could sing and gesture with them. I wanted to teach them a valuable lesson like lines, geometric patterns in space, values with children or animals. My poems have been published in books by the The National Library of Poetry, and in our local paper, the Southwest News Herald.

Grand Grandchildren

Eight grandchildren! All of them grand.
They're cute, they're nice. They show me they care.
We can get together anywhere.
My children, you're a flower, a gift of love.
Heaven knows I'm thankful for that joy from above.
You talked to the Father when you were very very small.
And now that you've grown, that isn't all.
You like to share your pictures, or a story that you've made.
They're nice to look at, nice to read. To me they're works of jade.
There's a little bit of heaven in the smiles these children give;
A little bit of heaven in the way they like to live.
They know they must live each precious hour the best that they can be.
Their parents and their Lord made riches they could see.
The wonders of the universe showed them God is great!
The sunlight arching through the mists,
The promises of hope and faith are the rainbows we await.
Just as a tender sapling's bent, we know that this is so,
God has bent us just the way He wanted us to grow.
Heaven knows I'm thankful every day and night
For this gift of love, a flower for delight.

My Love

My Love, you've gone so far away.
I miss you every moment.
I miss you every day.
You are the essence of my life.
It never mattered whether
The sky above was blue,
The clouds were hanging low,
We were always there together.
One day we will share eternity,
You and I, our love will be pure.
What an opportunity!
Everything, perfect and sure.
My love, I thank the Lord that you are in heaven above.
I thank Him for our beautiful love.
My spirit now is with you there,
My love for you too, everywhere.