Over the Rainbow
(mommy's poetry port)

If our eyes had no tears, our soul would have no rainbow.
                                                                   a Native American quote

Welcome friends, to my little poetry place. I love writing poetry! Some are good, some aren't so good but poetry is an inner feeling, felt differently by different people. I hope you enjoy these poems. I put my original poems in blue and other poems I love are in black.

For other poetry themes visit my Poetry Port II
to read Enigma of Love, Day to Day, A Dream He Held
andSilent Rain.

Or you can read my friend Billie's poems for her daughter Abbi,
who is deaf. Her page is Abbi's Heart
 
 
 
 
 
 

Where did you come from baby dear?
Out of everywhere into here.
Where did you get your eyes so blue?
Out of the sky as I came through.
Where did you get that little tear?
I found it waiting when I got here.
What makes your forehead so smoothe & high?
A soft hand stroked it as I went by.
What makes your cheek like a warm, pink rose?
I saw something better than anyone knows.
                                                  copywrite by George McDonald
 
 
 
 

Hold On To Today

Can you grasp a summer breeze as it passes on by,
whistling through the trees, quiet as an underbreathe sigh?
Can you capture a bird in it's flight, soaring toward the sun,
wings gliding out of sight, faster higher, til his trace is none?
Can you make a little baby stay just the wasy he is, so small,
freeze a single moment maybe, from him growing strong and tall?
Time keeps on passing, each moment goes. All we can do
is hold a memory in mind,
replay each scene that a mother's heart knows,
And embrace each new day til it quietly slips away.
mrl
 
 
 

Amazement

I've never felt love before the way that I felt that day
you came into my life in your own special way.
I've loved a parent, sister, friend...husband, yes, I have too.
But never in any dream, felt love like this, that I feel for you.
My child, part of me is part of you, I look for myself in your eyes, your nose,
the way you smile, am I there? The things I see comes and goes.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know, though how could I explain?
That I love you SO much, though Love is just a name.
mrl
 

Inside your world

Little one, so small and frail
your fingers tiny and soft.
Wrap my fingers snugly
as my heart soars aloft.
We sit and play in your little world
laughing at an unknown joke.
you can't talk much yet,
but your imagination has awoke.
For a moment in time
I totally understand life
is alive with joy for you,
no worry, no hate, no pain or strife.
Thank you for letting me inside,
may I come again sometime?
To laugh and play and dance
and to leave the world behind.
mrl
 

What Did I Do Today?

What did I do today?
Today I left some dishes dirty,
The bed got made around 3:30.
The diapers soaked a little longer,
The odor grew a little stronger.
The crumbs I spilled the day before,
Are staring at me from the floor.
The fingerprints there on the wall,
Will likely be there still next fall.
The dirty streaks on those window panes,
Will still be there next time it rains.
Shame on you, you sit and say,
Just what did you do today?

I nursed a baby till he slept,
I held a toddler while she wept.
I played a game of hide and seek,
I squeezed a toy so it would squeak.
I pulled a wagon, sang a song,
Taught a child right from wrong.
What did I do this whole day through?
Not much that shows, I guess that' s true.
Unless you think that what I've done,
Might be important to someone,
With bright brown eyes and soft brown hair,
If that is true...I've done my share.
~Author Unknown
 
 

I wrote this about my twin boys, but as you can see
it can also apply to singletons too!

Twins tackle the twos

Two little tykes in a frenzy oh my!
Looking always, for new things to try.
Running "two" and fro as twins will do,
trying to be so big but only two.

Every new adventure is such a thrill,
 the things they can do...oh what a chill!
Climbing up to unchartered places,
such determination on their little faces.
Thinking "We must touch, we must taste,
til our home is turned to WASTE!"

As they grow an inch, more to explore.
Mommy reminisces of her "babes" before.
Then off to dreamland they eventually fall,
ohh...they look so sweet, after all.

Cleaning up the messes, I ponder to myself
as I put the remaining sugar back up on the shelf!
What a wonder it must be,
to embrace everything we see,
For all things to be new,
Oh what a shame...we grew.
mrl
 
 

There are those who believe
So the story is told,
That at birth you receive
Your own Angel to hold.

You come into this world
On a wing and a prayer,
And throughout your lifetime
She will always be there.

A Guardian Angel
Who will guide what you do,
Her pure essence is Love
Sent to watch over you.
~author unknown
 
 

When you thought I wasn't looking

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought
it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you make my favorite cake for me,
and I knew that little things are special things.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I heard you say a prayer,
and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I felt you kiss me good night,
and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw tears come from your eyes,
and I learned that sometimes things hurt,
but it's all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw that you cared
and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked ...
and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw
when you thought I wasn't looking.
~author unknown

A few quotes I like to try to remember & live by.

*Love isn't what you feel, it's what you do.

*Love your children for who they are, not who you want them to be.

*When your child acts like a two year old, try not to act like one yourself.

*Let a child be a child,not a small adult.

*Respect your children (would you yell at a friend? then why yell at a child?)

*Remember "this too shall pass".

*When the rains go...rainbows.

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