"We are All We Have" by Flip Breskin

Flip Breskin (1950); Jewish/English/Scotch/Irish; Homeland is of soft skies, tall quiet trees, green hills, deep water, wind in the trees, water lapping lake shore, squirrels rustle in the woods. Mother’s orange rolls, fire crackles, cat purrs, nursing baby, soft singing. Flip mixed Libby Roderick’s “How Could Anyone” with her own words “You are all I have and it’s enough” to make home own lullaby. She sung it to her sons and grandchildren:

How could anyone ever tell you
You were anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you
You were less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice
That your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you're connected to my soul? Libby Roderick

You are all I have and it’s enough,

You are all I have and it’s enough,

You are all I have and it’s enough,

You carry the morning in your eyes.

We are all we have and it’s enough,

We are all we have and it’s enough,

We are all we have and it’s enough,

We carry the morning in our eyes.

You are all I have and it’s enough,

You are all I have and it’s enough,

You are all I have and it’s enough,

You carry the morning in your eyes. Flip Breskin.

0162, 0163