When Mildred left for school after high school graduation, her mother wrote this:
"Away"
It seems the sun has gone
beneath a cloud so dark,
That all things fair have
some how disappeared.
And on my heart
a heavy weight there hangs
Since you are gone.
And so twill be until
again your face I see
The radiance of your smile
again to light my heart;
To bring to me the joy which
now I miss
Since you have gone.
