BEDTIME STORIES

BEDTIME STORIES

“Please read me a bedtime story” –

Then jump into your bed,

How well I remember

The little things they said.

A favourite book, often read,

A much loved story true,

These were very cherished times,

The story times with you.

Your favourite books

Which we knew by heart,

“Mum don’t miss a page –

Go back to the very start.”

“Sam the Firehouse Cat”,

“Marcella and the kittens”,

‘Ten Apples up on Top,”

A book about the mittens,

“Little Monster goes to School”,

“I wish that I had Duck Feet”,

Dogs, cats, seagulls and others

Were the friends that we would meet.

“You missed a page” I’d hear you say,

Oh yes I tried to hurry !

You were having none of this,

We couldn’t rush or scurry.

“A Fly Went By”, Dogger and “John Brown”

Such were the stories we would share,

They were very special days,

When together we would care.

Familiar words stir memory

And bring back times so sweet,

I know that you remember these times ~

“And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street.”

You have grown and made your way

But story time lives with me

Those special times and sleepy ways

When your closing eyes I’d see.

I would watch you as you slept

And pray for a journey fair,

I gave you roots to anchor you

And wings that you may soar.

They were very special times for me

And memory is kind

I open the door of my heart

And sweet are the things I find.

©  Linda J. Vaughan