Shadows, Reflections, and Memories
In the womb
A baby grows
Listening to her mother’s voice
Soothing her
She smiles and moves
Little does she know
What her future holds
The day arrives
She is born
Wrapped tight and cradled by her mother
Looking up at her mother
Who wears an exhausted smile
The baby is comforted
Little does she know,
What her future holds
As she grows
Her mother tends to her
Feeding, changing, rocking, singing
All out of love for her little girl
The baby coos and cries
Little does she know,
What her future holds
Some years pass
The daughter falls and skins a knee
The mother is there
With a kiss and band-aid
And all is okay
Little does she know
What her future holds
Soon its time for school
The daughter cries
Not wanting her mother to leave
Finger-paints, songs, the alphabet, counting
Her mother hangs all on the fridge, proud
Little does she know,
What her future holds
Before long she is a teenager
Her life epically changing
High school drama, boys, grades, clubs
Barely does she see her mother
Who raised and loved her so
Little does she know
What her future holds
The day comes to kiss good-bye
Tears streaking mother and daughter faces
An adult now the daughter struggles
Missing her mother, wishing she were there
Calling everyday and regretting earlier years
Little does she know,
What her future holds
Little does she know,
That as she grew,
She grew apart from her mother,
Little does she know,
That still and no matter what
Her mother will always love her
Little does she know,
That as she ages
She will always need her mother
Little does she know,
How much her mother truly did
How much her mother truly loves her
Little does she know,
She will one day wish
She were exactly like her mother
Strong, loving, guiding
Little does she know,
What her future holds
What her purpose in life is
But as long as she can be like her mother
She knows life will okay
That she will succeed.
Copyright © Jillian Veitenheimer | Year Posted 2012
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