Happiest days ever
Ten fingers,
ten toes
two eyes
and a nose
healthy cry
tiny feet
little mouth
with which to eat
No happier in life
will I ever be
than this moment,
she thought lovingly.
Some years later
she finds she was wrong
listening as accolades
of her son are sung –
No happier in life
will I ever be
than this moment,
she thought lovingly.
Then, one day
she hears him interviewed
he praises his dad’s diligence
and his mom’s kindness, too –
heart bursting with pride
and joy at his words
filled with delight
for the views that she’s heard
No happier in life
will I ever be
than this moment,
she thought lovingly…
Perhaps this is it
the “happiest” days are behind
the beautiful memories
just shadows in her mind;
she’s hopeful the burdens and sorrows to come
won't obscure the joys of the past;
the key will be to remember with fondness not sadness,
to make the essence of the happiest days ever last.