When
When did you grow and become a child
When only yesterday you were a baby, so meek and mild
I held you, cradled you, and rocked you to sleep
While baby brown eyes looked at me so deep
When did you grow and become a young girl
With colorful hairbows holding back the curls
Was it not yesterday that you learned to walk
Now you’re out on the porch, playing with chalk
When did you grow and become a young miss
Filling my days with laughter and bliss
Gone are the days of playing little girl games
Nothing stays forever, nothing stays the same
When did you grow and become a bride
With a husband now standing by your side
A home of your own, starting a life anew
While mine seems empty without you
When did you grow and become a mother
Holding my grandchild and loving each other
You cradle him, rock him, and kiss him to sleep
While baby blue eyes stare at you so deep
What is this picture that I see
A new generation who’s apart of me
The cycle of life started over again
My baby girl is now my best friend
While you were growing and becoming yourself
I kept each memory on my favorite shelf
I realized suddenly that I had grown too
For with each of your growths my love grew for you
Written by Sherry C
May 23, 2010
Cry Of The Soul
Where did I lose you
I try so hard to remember
Was it when I doubted
Deep in the month of December
Somewhere along the walk
I left you behind
I want to scream no I didn’t
But I know you don’t play seek and find
I thought I would never ever
Feel this way again
And yet I feel so dead inside
Your Spirit I don’t comprehend
Forgive me for my sins
Wash me white as snow
Let me know your touch
Your love to me, please show
How can I explain it
How can I describe
The love that I felt for you
Seems to be washed all aside
I pray, don’t ever leave me
Again let me feel your touch
For it was this that made me
Love you oh so much.
SC
4/14/2010
Sadness
As I sit here by myself, all alone
And I slowly start to unwind
I hear the nagging sounds of doubt
Pecking at the entrance of my mind
Why do I want to want to crawl back in my shell
Where once again I feel safe and secure
I know I don’t want to cause you pain
Or cause you heartache to endure
I wish I could make you understand
That I know what it means to grieve
And I would rather die than cause
Your heart to bleed like a sieve
I could look the whole world o’er
And I know that I would never find
A finer specimen of a person
Who’s so gentle and so kind.
Sherry
11-3-2009
10:37pm
Sometimes I think about my life and wonder if I have made a difference. Have I touched someone’s life? What kind of legacy am I leaving behind me? As for the world’s riches, I don’t have a lot, but I would like to think that I am at least rich when it comes to giving love and helping others.
You know giving is not just the giving of money, although money is nice. I remember how nice it felt to be able to make two little girl’s Christmas last year. I had some extra money and I overheard the parents talking about their Christmas and how the the two girls were only going to get two gifts apiece and that was from a local organization. I just knew that I had to let go of it and let those little girls know that mommy and daddy had not forgotten them.
It is taking the time and giving a little of yourself. A “light-the-sky-up” smile, kind word, or just loaning your ears and shoulders for someone. How hard is it for us to have a kind word to say to others? Words, can either lift you up or they can drag you down to the lowest of depths of hell. I know, I have been there and been the abuser as well.. How many times have I passed someone by and a simple hello and smile would have made them feel as if they were worth something?
And a smile, seems like hardly nothing, just a lifting up of the corners of your mouth. But when given from the heart, can light up the darkest of nights. So let loose and give one away. You may be surprised at what you get in return.
While I know that I am not perfect, I do strive to become a better person each day. It is a daily thing for me, not just a one time practice. And some days are harder than others. But a word of encouragement here, and an heartfelt smile there is all it takes to make someone’s world a little brighter. I hope that it can be said of me that I was a carrier of light and not someone who goes about distinguishing the light.
Originally posted on Matchdoctor on 12/1/2008 2:44:23 PM
I look at you and wonder
How I was ever intimate with you
A total stranger staring at me
After years of being man and wife
A child was born out of this love
Finally grown with children of her own
Then you decided it was over
Time for you to move on
Divorce, that horrible ugly word
Now comes between the two of us
Erecting a huge wall of pain
Everything lost that was gained
Time moves on and hearts will heal
But leaves the heart skeptical
Full of scars and afraid
To ever love that way again.
sc11/08
Come run through the fields of life with me
And let us enjoy each adventure together
We may never pass this way again
So let’s make this moment last
sc11/2008
How can I be a princess
If I do not have a crown
And how can I be perfect
When my many flaws abound
I wish I could see through your eyes
And see what er’ it is you see
For every time I pass the mirror
I see nothing pretty about me
I know I have a loving heart
And I choose to love all men
Perhaps this is what you see
That comes from deep within
Whatever the rhyme or reason
You fell in love with me
I will do my best to cherish it
Through out eternity
Sherry
12/11/08
What can I give this King of Glory
Who did so much for me?
By coming to this world below
In such humility.
For in a stable he was born
Amongst the cows and sheep
With nothing more than swaddling clothes
His body warm to keep.
I wonder if the animals
Felt different on that night
While they gazed upon this little child
Filled with glory and such light.
Could they tell, did they know
Who in that manager lay
So tiny, yet so heavenly
Upon the straw and hay
Oh how the shepherds long ago
Must have stood in glorious fright
They listened to this heavenly choir
Then hastily took their flight
To come upon this wondrous babe
As He lay on Mary’s breast
I wonder what ran through her mind
As her body tried to rest.
What was it that she pondered on,
What went through her head
Did she have simple peace of mind,
Or was it full of dread
Surely she knew this baby
Was different from the rest
Did she realize that someday
She would go through such a test
How did her heart withstand it
As she watched him brutally beat
The tears must have flowed like rain
Watching her son go through this ‘heat’
The cross, the cross, that horrible cross
So hideous for all to see
Became my statue of Liberty
Setting my sin sick heart free
Yes… what can I give this King of Glory
Who willingly died for me
On bended knee, I’ll surrender all
Pick up my cross, then follow Thee.
sc 12/12/2008
Lay down gently beside me
Let me see the love in your eyes
While you softly whisper to me
There’ll be no more good byes
Lay down gently beside me
So I can feel your heart
As it beats in unison with mine
Telling me we’ll never part
Lay down gently beside me
For I long to feel your touch
This alone will tell me
That you love me oh so much.
Lay down gently beside me
I will lay my head on your chest
There my heartaches will vanish
And my soul can find it’s rest
Lay down gently beside me
I’ll lovingly caress you too
For together we shall soar
Believing that dreams come true
Sherry
12/22/2008
I would give anything
If I could let you see
How much it is you mean
To my heart and me
Don’t you know I try
To show you how I feel
But for some reason
My love is not as real
I love with all that’s in me
Yet somehow you don’t understand
That I can give no more to you
Than I have right now, on hand
Sherry
12/22/2008
