Spread Wings

Spread Wing

There was a time
when I held you in my arms
when I caressed your forehead
as you fell slowly asleep
in my arms, humming along with me
an old lullaby.

There were these magic moments
sometimes late at night
when I rested beside you for long hours
just watching you sleep.
I felt I was your guardian mother wolf, your dream catcher....
And there were times
when I helped you walk, eat,
or bathe,
and when I heard you say
your first little words,
food to my soul.

There was the time
when I held you very close to my heart
and carried you in my arms,
or when we laughed together,
played toys and games together,
or dance and sang together...

And these little precious moments in times when I talked and you listened;
When you talked and I listened.

When I was there for you, and you, tiny piece of my heart, was there for me, like catching my back...
and we were just like two young friends;
But there was this time when I was no longer
there for you.
When work, worries,
or selfishness came in the way
before me, before you.

And I want now to say to you
my little birds
as you ready yourselves
to walk out of my nest,and begin your new independent lives
I AM SORRY, SO SORRY!

THERE'S SO MUCH I REGRET.
SO MUCH I DID NOT GAVE,
SO MUCH LOVE I HELD
BACK, FROM ALL OF YOU FROM MYSELF...
THERE'S SO MUCH I WANT TO GIVE,
& SO MANY OTHER THINGS
THAT I WISH TO SAY OR NOT AND TO TAKE BACK
BUT I KNOW WORDS DO HURT AND I CAN'T TAKE THEM BACK....

BUT FOR ALL THAT, FOR ALL THE MISSED TIMES,
I NEED TO SAY I'M SORRY!
I AM TRULY SORRY!