Growing Up
Whispers of love from a tender voice
Trust builds as you are my provider
I look into your eyes and soon I know
You, my mother do love me
Slowly I learn what "love" is
Knowing deep down, I can always count on you
You understand me and my needs
You hold me oh so tenderly
I am growing now and totting around
Pulling everything onto the ground
Wanting everything, but what is mine
I'll out grow it in due time
Now I can run and keep you doing so too
You can't see me, but I can't see you
Laughing out loud from time to time
Knowing ma-ma you're always mine
Teen time has come, yes it's here
"Us together? But friends will leer.
Drop me off on the corner, please
I love you, just don't let 'em see."
I've grown up mom, or so I thought
Using the lessons I've been taught
I never understood why you acted so
But as a mother, now I know
The painful birth for the next child
As time passes it seemed so mild
A mother now, "She's so tiny."
Midnight feedings, "She's so whiny."
Morning comes and comes out
"Tired and cranky," I began to shout
"Day in and out it never stops
Someone, please, kill the clock."
Feeling as if it'll never end
The birthing is on the mend
6 weeks is all that has gone by
"I must get out or I will cry!"
"It's just begun my darling child.
When you get old you'll look back and smile."
"I guess you're right" I said to her
"I guess for now I'll take your word.
