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A TRIBUTE TO MY GRANDMOTHER
(Sally Brown Cowan Bentley)
You were blind and I was crippled
You were poor and I was needy
You were alone and I was lonely
You were old and I was a baby
You took me in and I led you around
You taught me my ABCs
I taught you how to see
You taught me how to laugh
I taught you how to giggle
You taught me how to live
I taught you how to die
You said so long with a smile
I said goodbye with a tear
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ALONE WITH NOTHING
You took my gifts and trampled them in the ground
You stole my knowledge and used it for yourself
You seized my dreams and left me dreamless
You played
My songs and made them your own compositions
You read my unpublished books and put your name on them
You sucked up my love and didn’t bother to look back
Then you laughed in my face and walked away
You took everything that was most precious to me
Now, I am left alone with nothing
When I was a little girl, my blind grandma, Sallie. and I used to sit on the front porch swing, swinging for hours at a time. She taught me songs and stores. Also, she would recite to me, what she called, “Memory Gems”! One of my favorite that has been impressed on my mind all of these years is:
“Standing at the bottom, gazing at the top
How do you ever expect get up there?
If you never try!”
Well, it has been a long time coming; but because of the inspiration I received from my Grandma Sallie many years ago, I am presenting to you a few “Memory Gems” of my own — Poetry & Etcetera — Enjoy!
Tina Cowan Wynn
About the Author
Earnestine Cowan Wynn attended Booker T. Washington High School for three years in Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated Kinlock High School in Kinlock, Missouri, in May, 1962. Earnestine holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a minor in Elementary Education from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, (February, 1975). She is working towards a Masters/Doctorate Degree in Ministry of Christian Counseling at Christian Bible College and Seminary in Independence, Missouri. Earnestine participated in the International Toastmasters Speakers Club in Chicago, Illinois and has spoken at many large functions. She has written plays and manuscripts for numerous functions for more than 45 years. Earnestine has been writing since junior high school. She won awards in junior high and high school. Th e DePaul University, in Chicago, Illinois, newspaper published one of her poems in her junior year in college, (1972) “Reading, Writing and Arithmetic”.