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[motherhubbard]

Everyone said it would happen over night,
In the blink of an eye,

A week ago today I watched you play tag
Running and reaching with childish abandon
Free, uninhibited

Today you applied eye shadow and lip gloss
Flipping your hair in the mirror
For hours

What are you doing?
Go outside and run in the wind
Make a mud pie

There’s time and more time to be old
But today is short and fading
Take this minute and make it last

Face the sky and spin
You are young, but not for too long
There’s no need to rush

[the silent x]

your a mom aren't you?
i should have known by the screen name mother hubbard

old mother hubbard who lived in a cupboard...
not that your old

very good, almosty has a certain rhythum to it

[the silent x]

your a mom aren't you?
i should have known by the screen name mother hubbard

old mother hubbard who lived in a cupboard...
not that your old

very good, almost has a certain rhythum to it

[motherhubbard]

thanks, I am the mother of four...two girls and two boys

[the silent x]

sounds like my family, me, my little bro, 2 lil sisters

[Pendragon]

Good. One question. Why only two lines in the first stanza, then three for the rest? It doesn't hurt the poem, but I like balance, karma. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/ThumbsUp.gif

[Niamh]

i like your poem. its like you are distressed because you want your little girl to stay alittle girls and you dont want to accept that shes growing up and is now a young lady. Be strong Mother Hubbard!

[brokenheartpoet]

My mom going through the same thing with me and I the oldest of four children
Oh yeah great poem

[motherhubbard]

One question. Why only two lines in the first stanza, then three for the rest?

I don’t know, Pen. There was just nothing there. I’ve wondered about it, and now I’m wondering again. Because I value your opinion so much I thought I would change it, but there is just still nothing else there.