THROUGH MY EYES
In wide eyed wonder
I fought to find my place in the world,
forgetting I didn't have one
and making the world my own.
In time I was touched by someone
and knew, rapture.
Searching there after, each face
and meeting nothing.
Through tears of joy, I held my newborn child
and couldn't believe the wonder
of such a precious gift.
I watched her grow
into inspired womanhood unafraid of life.
I saw ageing hands lift my first grandchild
and I prayed his world would be perfect.
knowing it would not.
No tears or wide eyed wonder
fill my days now
For I am blessed with life
and twice blessed to know love.
Lauren Davies