As leafs on the trees begin to change into their warm amber colour of autumn, this season dramatic change always remindeds me of the transitions we make as humans. I watched a mothers frustrations of getting her children to school fade, as the sun shone on her daughters instant change from small child into young girl. I wanted to hold onto this moment and share it with you.
I’ve had enough of shouting,
My head
It’s pounding.
And time is lost.
Too late, far too late
To get a toy to take
My head now exploding.
We walk to school,
And as the children run ahead
The milky autumn sun
Floods thought the auburn leaves
Giving a dappled glow
And as they run,
My daughter’s legs begin to skip
Just for that second or two
Time stops
The morning’s frustrations disappear.
And as a warm smile glows on my face,
The autumn's very own
Colour extravaganza,
Shines down
Upon my ever changing world.
She turns with a beam
To match the sun,
At the skipping she had just done.
She runs back to me,
"Did you see Mum, did you see!
What I have just done"?
"Yes my love I saw, I saw".
I think to myself
And I want that moment to live with me
Forever
More!
This is one of my favourite poems that I have read of Tina’s work. .It reminds me when my children were younger. When I witnessed their new experiences saying to myself I want to remember this moment always. When reading this poem it helped me reach back in my memory banks of happy days in my children’s lives. Many Thanks Tina.
ReplyDeletePearl Ewing