Her son,
her daughter,
have the same happy eyes.
As though their auroral kindnesses
were a shining blue birthright —
a girl’s compassion can apprise
a legacy of sunlit skies.
(c) Eric Robert Nolan 2019
Photo credit: Larali21 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D