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A Woman's Life

Stay away from the bee hive
That makes mommy glad
For I'm only five
And dying would be bad

Forget the bike
I want to drive
That's the car I like
Speed makes me feel alive

To baseball
To dance
To the mall
To get new pants

Motherhood is over
Grams now I am
I wish time would go slower
Did he just call me mam?

Assisted living here I come
Growing old is not any fun
Just found out that my grandson is a bum
Sits on the beach and surfs in the sun.

Copyright © Rebecca McCluskey | Year Posted 2026


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Date: 9/10/2026 10:34:00 PM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Date: 9/7/2026 9:13:00 PM

A wonderfully brisk, rhyming life-cycle poem that moves from childhood’s fearless curiosity through adulthood and grandmotherhood to wry old-age reflection. The short quatrains and simple end-rhymes give it an appropriately playful, storybook momentum, while lines such as “Did he just call me mam?” and the surfing grandson add warm, comic realism.

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