CHILDREN AT MY KNEE

CHILDREN AT MY KNEE

The sun has set on this autumn day

My curtains are ruffled by a warm soft breeze.

Another week is starting and I wonder

What will be the things that please.

What will be the things that trouble me

And cause my heart some pain.

What my journey will be like

In sunshine and in rain.

Changes for my family

Which cause me some concern

I hope that I can find 

The peace for which I yearn.

They say it isn’t easy when children are so small

A baby in your arms and another at your knee.

But it brought to me contentment

And I could plainly see.

Just where these children were

And the things that caused them pain

Somehow I imagine I would like

To return to those days again.

The busy schooldays and holidays ~

The uniforms to press

Driving them to functions

With a car in such a mess.

Standing on the sidelines cheering

In the cold of a winter storm

Hurrying back home again

And making sure they were warm.

It’s different now that they have grown

And made their way in life.

Driving cars and buying houses ~

A husband, partner ~ wife.

But it doesn’t stop me worrying

Although they are fully grown

With jobs and responsibilities

And children of their own.

My heart could burst with the pride I have

And the joys that they bring to me

But I still remember the contentment

Of children at my knee.

©Linda J. Vaughan

20th. March 2005