To My Mother

By Elizabeth Chance

You, too, my mother, read my rhymes
For love of unforgotten times,
And you may chance to hear once more
The little feet along the floor.

Elizabeth Chance served for eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve as a postal clerk, including one year under Operation Iraqi Freedom stationed on Camp Udari, Kuwait.  Elizabeth writes mostly poetry, but also dabbles in non-fiction. She is currently a sixth grade science teacher in Orlando, Florida.