Reflections

I am trying, once again, to go through and purge our many collections of only heaven knows what, clogging up our home and lives. I ran across this poem that I had saved and put it on the fridge to look at it once in awhile. Still don't know how I feel about it . . .

Lest We Forget

She came tonight as I sat alone
The girl I used to be …
And she gazed at me with her earnest eye
And questioned reproachfully:

Have you forgotten the many plans
And hopes that I had for you?
The great career, the splendid fame
All wonderful things to do?

Where is the mansion of stately height
With all of its gardens rare?
The silken robes that I dreamed for you
And jewels for your hair?

And as she spoke, I was very sad,

For I wanted her pleased with me…

This slender girl from the shadowy past
The girl that I used to be.

So gently arising, I took her hand,
And guided her up the stair
Where peacefully sleeping, my babies lay
Innocent, sweet and fair.

And I told her that these are my only gems,
And precious they are to me;
That silken robes is my motherhood
Of costly simplicity.

And my mansion of stately height is love,
And this is the only career I know;

Is serving each day in these sheltering walls
For the dear ones who come and go.

And as I spoke to my shadowy guest,
She smiled through her tears at me;
And I saw that the woman that I am now
Pleased the girl that I used to be…

Author Unknown