Her barracks are the bedroom
Her gun, washing machine
Her M.O.S. is simply to
make sure their plates are clean
Her uniform, a skirt and blouse
Her tank, an S.U.V.
When thinking of him, weeps and asks:
"Why couldn't it be me?"

With voice like honey and skin like silk
She beats the eggs and pours the milk
Wrestles the dog and empties the trash
She takes time to cure her daughter's rash
Her blue eyes are weary and stressed from the day
With pastorly reverence, kneels down to pray
Like gust of great wind, collapses and sighs
Tries not to let salty clear tears fill her eyes
With efforts unnoticed, she lays down to rest
So thank all your mothers, they do their jobs best

Je t’ai vu partout mon amour
Dans le jardin
Dans ma lit
Je t’ai vu toujours mon amour
Dans le matin
Dans la nuit
Je t’ai vu, mais je ne t'ai pas trouvé
Je t’ai vu, mais je ne t'ai pas touché
Nos souvenirs résonnent dans mes oreilles
Cependant, tu ne m’as pas vu jamais
Je pleure

In that dusty timid light of dawning day
Of which I am familiar
Her eyes are every color under the sun
Her hair is tussled, teak, and tawny
The bricks of the unspoken boundary, built by a hushed breath
I  can almost taste the horizon of her sand dune skin
But then
She smiles
And opens her kaleidoscope eyes

From the esoteric Asia
to the wild Amazon,
I feel my spirit standing still
while life is rushing on
Kaleidoscope of countries
melting in my dreamy eyes
For now I sit and wonder
at the blue panoptic skies

She’s a pretty little thing
Who treads lightly
She’s a wild little thing
And rather spritely

Don't worry about catching her
Darling, you never can
Just enjoy the show and smile
While she plays with her toes in the sand

Between those smirks and side glances
Dreams and summer romances
She sips and she hums and she dances
While she plays with her toes in the sand

I like tea
and candles
and antique mirrors
I like far-away laughter
and freshly-mowed grass
and summer sunsets
I like secret songs
and rain on windows
and late mornings in bed

But ****, I sure liked it all the more with you.