Like A Breeze - Watching Your Child Grow Up

 



And she counted the days
The months and the years
As she watched the boy play
Free from all fears

And she listened to stories
Some grand and some small
As she sang him sweet songs
Through springtime and fall

And she watched the boy sleep
Tucked into his bed
As she turned off his light
Closed the book that they read

And she kept the boy safe
From wicked and scorn
As she taught him the lessons
To guide and to warn

And she filled him with love
And the young years grew few
As she slept she would marvel
Of all that he knew

And she dreamed all the dreams
That all mothers would
As she slowly let go
Doing all that she could

And she noticed one day
He stood tall on the land
As she looked in his eyes
His face like a man

And she knew time had come
To let the boy fly
As she saw his bright mind
Reach for the sky

And she thought all the thoughts
Full of wishes and hope
As she hugged her young man
Then untied the rope

And she watched ever more
Every step that he took
As the pride in his journey
Could not overlook

And she sat with her coffee
Content and at ease
As she pondered how life
Flies by like a breeze

CNK

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