Written by: Phyllis Ann Doros
Copyright � 1946
Mother�s Day
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If I Were Good Enough

I can�t put into words,
          That I love you more and more,
I can�t fit the letters together,
          That say it�s you I adore,
The vowels don�t start to form,
          To make my thoughts complete,
The things I say sound uneven and coarse,
          Not refined and neat.

How can I possibly say
          What I want you to know?
The ideas won�t leave my heart
          � They just don�t seem to want to go.
Oh, sometimes I try so hard
          To write a verse for you,
I always tear it up though,
          �Cause it isn�t good enough to do.

I�ll never write a thing,
          That you can be real proud of,
Or have a poem of mine framed to hang on the wall
          And always love,
But if I were good enough,
          So folks would say: �Not bad!�
I�d have some nerve to shout�..
          �. You�re the sweetest mother a girl ever had!
Louise + Phyllis -1975

Louise + Rich -1953

Louise + Phyllis -1946


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