Once There Was a Mother

Once, there was a mother,
A gentle, jolly mother;
Each day I loved her better,
To me there could be no other.


Like merry birds that sing,
Her mellow voice would ring;
Pep songs in the morning,
Lullabys in the evening.

Each early Christmas night,
She's light the lanterns bright;
Then a verse she would recite,
While I listened with delight.

But one lonely afternoon,
My young heart she left to mourn;
She was gone like silent moon,
That stalls away at break of dawn.

By: Maria Luisa Tejero Torrento

Please Sing My Song

Sing my song if you may
Sing it now don't delay
Time will go, it won't stay
Sing it now, sing for me.

This song slept for some years
In a heart full of fears
Echoes of dreams and tears
But a note, no one hears.

If one day I must go
My mute song I leave you
Sing it to them please do
Sing it with love so true.

Sing it to my loved ones,
Say it's from a friend once
I'll listen from a place
Where lost souls have a space.

Sing my song with feeling
Sing with love unswerving
Put an end to longing
Free my heart from yearning.

But if none would listen,
Sing it to the trees then;
To the birds that harken
And the stars in heaven.




by: Maria Luisa Tejero Torrento