Never the Wonder

by Christine Maccabee (Songbird)

                        It feels like a fairytale

                           a “once-upon-a time”

                              my life with my children

                            so long ago.

                        At the store yesterday

                           I saw a mother with

                              a child upon her hip,

                                  and I saw myself as I once was…

                        Carrying my children safely

                           like some big ship,

                        they precious cargo,

                            so dependent

                            so innocent.

                        Devoted Mother,

                           knowing only to love

                           and to protect,

                              my life consumed

                              by doing all that was needed,

                                     never questioning why.

                        Through good times and bad times

                           I sailed through those years

                        riding the swells,

                                  the joys and the tears.

                        But today we are different

                           for they are nearly grown

                              and we have all lost our innocence,                                                but… Never the Wonder.

                        Yes, it feels like a fairytale,

                           a “once upon a time”

                              my life with my children

                                  so long ago.