by Christine Maccabee (Songbird)
It feels like a fairytale
a “once-upon-a time”
my life with my children
so long ago.
At the store yesterday
I saw a mother with
a child upon her hip,
and I saw myself as I once was…
Carrying my children safely
like some big ship,
they precious cargo,
so dependent
so innocent.
Devoted Mother,
knowing only to love
and to protect,
my life consumed
by doing all that was needed,
never questioning why.
Through good times and bad times
I sailed through those years
riding the swells,
the joys and the tears.
But today we are different
for they are nearly grown
and we have all lost our innocence, but… Never the Wonder.
Yes, it feels like a fairytale,
a “once upon a time”
my life with my children
so long ago.
