May 27 2007
Daughters
A week ago, when I was somewhat unhappy (thinking of Angie’s growing up, making herself busy without involving me, while so far we have been oftentimes together), I wrote something for my blog. One of my blog friends at blog.co.uk then encouraged me to read her poem in her blog, she wrote the poem when she was unhappy due to her divorce, and her daughters cheered her up.
Lovely poem, indeed. You can view it in the original site at http://mypoetry.blog.co.uk/2007/03/07/daughters~1860739
Daughters
Where have both my babies gone?
Those cupid lips of deepest pink
Which smile and brightest eyes
That seldom blink
Those chubby hands with dimples ten
And arms outstretched to mum again
Where have both my little girls gone
With frills and ribbons in their hair
With stockings white
Without a care
Those laughing children as they play
Where have they gone – and where today?
I look around and now I find
Two loving sisters fully grown
They share my joys, my hopes, my fears
They turn my house into a home
I did not see the years fly by
And looking back I can but try
To understand when babies turned
To little girls, then women learned
But this I know I glow with pride
To see them standing side by side
And feel the love that we all share
And know that they are always there
©Marian Barker
