Poetry Sunday~ Time Stands Still

Matt. 15: 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

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 Time Stands Still
(c) Joni Zipp

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Time stands still
for mother and daughter
as she grows to be a woman
she remains, the baby
her mother held.

Time stands still
as daughter grows
and mother sees in her, the child
that she raised and wonders
where all the years have gone.

Time stands still
and both become women
doing their own thing
believing their own thoughts
no longer one, bound by youth.

Time stands still
as the waters of time
carries both forward and the sands
creep on the shore as a reminder
that love never passes away.

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Author’s note: I always write my mother a birthday card. Her birthday being on March 23rd, this is her present. Besides me of course. :-)
Psst...We share the same birthday. ;-)

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