This poem is believed to be one of Dixie Palmer's favorites
You are the sorority,
I am its shadow,
I am whatever you make of me,
Nothing more,
I am your belief in yourself
A life of moods and passions,
of heartaches and tired muscles,
Sometimes I am strong with pride,
when women do honest work,
Sometimes I droop,
For then purpose has gone from me,
But always I am all that you hope to be,
And have the courage to try for,
I am a song and fear, strugle, pain,
And enmobling hope,
I am the mystry of women
who do without knowing why,
I am the constitution and the bylaws,
I am what you make me, nothing more,
My banner swings before your eyes,
A bright gleam of color,
A symbol of yourself.
That pictured suggestion of the big thing
That makes this organization,
My blue and gold are your dreams
And your labor.
You are the soroity
I am but its shadow.
from 1987 Ideals booklet
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