HEARTS JEWELS

Did I make a difference
Child
Guide you right
Encourage you
Help you grow 
Straight and true
Towards the light?

​​​​​Was I always aware, child
Of your troubles
Your hearts desires
Your woes
Your joys
Or
Did I chide you
Too much
For noise
For mess
For broken toys?

Did I give you time, child
Did I work too much
Trouble too much
Did care make me highly strung
Did I forget the power of
Hugs
Soft words from gentle tongue?

Did I help you learn, child
Teach you 
Right from wrong
Warn you of life's
Moaning wails
But the beauty
Also
Of lifes song?

And were you always
Certain
My child
Without doubt
From the start
That I was captive
That I loved you
That 
You 
Were the crowning jewel
Of my heart?

But you're grown now, child
And I'm laid
Bare
And in your memories
Of childhood
As mother
How did I fare
Will you crown me
Child
Or frown on me?

For I worry, child
That I failed somehow
That I got it wrong
That I let you down
And here now
As time draws near
These
My child
Are my greatest fears