Mary E. Lewter

Chicago, Illinois

Mary has been writing poetry since her early twenties. She is a mother of three and grandmother of six. She loves reading and gardening for relaxation. She has been connected to The National Library of Poetry since 1989 and has been published in four different anthologies. She has received the Golden Poet Award twice along with several Honorable Mentions and Editors Choice Awards. Also published on cassette tape ( The Sound of Poetry), Mary says poetry is the eyes to the soul and a medicine for the mind. Her work is often referred to as an emotional look at life and its consequences.

WHY

He lay upon his midnight bed
an old man now and nearly dead
His life he sees before his eyes
As it goes flying by the night
His sins he puts upon a shelf
To look at them, To find himself
Thoughts of past and present days
Upon this shelf these treasures lay
He wonders at the whys of life
Why he's lived and why he dies
If this is all there is of him
What comes next at life's long end?
Is there a God to send for him?
Or might a devil wait his end?
Then his eyes they close at last
To see no more his life is past.

GODS BOUQUET

A balloon flows from a young boys hand

And goes floating toward the sky
He points and jumps to catch the string
And then he starts to cry
His mother try's to soothe his tears
As all the times before
When these colored orbs of air
Would get away and soar
Now she bends to pull him close
To mend his wounded heart
She tells him not to worry
That balloons are never lost

They float and bob and jump around
and to heaven they are tossed
Where waits the hand of Jesus
Who gathers them around
And takes a string of silver
And wraps them till their bound
Then gives them to ST.PETER
To hold, to keep them safe
And when GOD says the time is right
And your standing at his gate
Well, then you'll be greeted
By a big balloon bouquet.

Star Wish

I looked into a midnight sky
And saw a star there shining bright
I make a wish for love and peace
A world that's free from strife and grief
A future time of love and trust
A special time for all of us.