Monday, 13 May 2024

To Ingrid - Mother's Day 2024

 

July, 1976

You never cease to be for me

The mother of our daughters,

The mother of our sons.

Indeed, it seems to me

That in a way that's strange

You are more so mother now

Than when they all were little ones.

 

Your cares today, your fears, your tears

Are all the ways your love still shows

Still now, still more,

For those whose scrapes you washed

Whose prams you pushed

Whose noses wiped

Whose bruises kissed.

 

The years have flown and beauty fades

But you will always be the one

Who made me glad you stole my heart

And in exchange you gave me yours

For all the days that are to come.