LILLIAN ELIZABETH. Copyright 1999.   WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME A CRABBY OLD WOMAN OF NINETY THREE ? WRINKLED AND SPECKLED WITH LIVER SPOTS HAIR SPARSE AND WHITE AND FOREVER IN KNOTS   I HOBBLE AROUND ON THIS OLD ZIMMER FRAME THEY CALL ME "OLD LIL" BUT THAT'S NOT MY NAME I AM "LILLIAN ELIZABETH" THAT'S WHO I AM "LILLIAN ELIZABETH" NAMED AFTER MY MAM   WHAT DO I SEE "LILLIAN ELIZABETH" WHEN I LOOK AT YOU WHY, I SEE A YOUNG GIRL, AND A PRETTY ONE TOO THE FACE IS WRINKLED THAT I CANNOT DENY BUT A YOUNG GIRL I SEE IN MY MINDS EYE   WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES THE YEARS ROLL AWAY I SEE A YOUNG GIRL ON HER WEDDING DAY THE WRINKLES AND LIVER SPOTS BRUSHED ASIDE I AM SEEING THE FACE OF A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE   I LOOK AT YOUR FINGERS ALL CRIPPLED WITH PAIN I BLINK, AND THEY, RE LONG AND SLENDER AGAIN YOU'VE THE FACE OF AN ANGEL, EYES BLUE AS THE SEA OH "LILLIAN ELIZABETH" YOU RE SMILING AT ME   A YOUNG MOTHER I SEE "LILLIAN ELIZABETH" WHEN I LOOK AT YOU BUSY DOING THINGS THAT YOUNG MOTHERS DO YOUNG AND VIVACIOUS, LOVING AND KIND THE MOST WONDERFUL MOTHER YOU EVER COULD FIND   I SEE A GRANDMOTHER WHEN I LOOK AT YOU YOUR DAUGHTER GROWN UP WITH HER OWN BABY TOO OH "LILLIAN ELIZABETH" HOW QUICKLY TIME FLIES I CAN SEE LAUGHTER LINES AROUND YOUR EYES   Back