Here we are, standing at the end of the road.
There are so many things I've left untold.
I watched you grow into a fine man through the years.
I did all the things I could, in happiness and in tears.

You were so enjoyable, a child of great joy,
So curious, happy, my precious little boy.
From trains, planes, boats to all those girls,
You sure had heads spinning around in swirls.

I didn't have time to always say good night,
God bless, hear prayers and hold you tight.
I wasn't there when you fell and skinned your knee,
But you were always in my heart and a part of me

Often we danced to music of a different beat,
Kidding around and scuffing our feet.
The messes we made, we didn't care,
Cause we had our love all around us there.

Now you're full grown, a man I see.
To think I once carried you inside of me.
Sorry I never had time to tell you more.
I just couldn't tell you what the future had in store.

I never seemed to have the time to listen
with anything but my heart
Before I knew it you were gone,
and we were apart.

The years have drifted,
and the seasons are passing one by one.
You have a lifetime ahead of you.
You've only just begun

Alice E. Steimle© 1999