Tuesday, September 18, 2012

A Necessary Leaving




One day my precious baby girl
Outgrew the walls that were her world
A flower that began to bloom
The moment that she left my womb
The cord was cut, we were apart
So she could grow inside my heart

But birth is not a time for grieving
It's just a necessary leaving

One day my precious little girl
Outgrew the walls that were her world
The time had come, for her to roam
Inside a place that wasn't home
I let go of her tiny hand
And left her in a foreign land
                                                         
But school is not a time for grieving
It's just a necessary leaving

One day my precious teenage girl
Outgrew the walls that were her world
Her new home, where she now will stay
Is several hundred miles away
Far from my grasp and out of reach
She'll learn the things I cannot teach

For me, this is a time of grieving
For "Tee" - a necessary leaving



For my sister Sharon and my niece Teresa.

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