To My Children
when I spill some food on my nice clean dress,
or maybe forget to tie my shoe,
please be patient and perhaps reminisce,
about the many hours I spent with you.
when I taught you how to eat with care,
plus tying laces and your numbers, too,
dressing yourself and combing your hair,
those were precious hours spent with you.
so when I forget what I was about to say,
just give me a minute – or two,
it probably wasn’t important anyway,
and I would much rather listen to you.
if I tell the story one more time,
and you know the ending through and through,
please remember your first nursery rhyme,
when I rehearsed it a hundred times with you.
when my legs are tired and it’s hard to stand,
or walk the steady pace that I would like to do,
please take me carefully by my hand,
and guide me now as I often did for you.
-Virginia Base-
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