My Destiny

by Marilyn Fabricatore

I heard his hallelujahs strong, his proclamations loud.
I watched him stimulate them all, uplift the joyous crowd.
Oh, if I could but do such things, how happy I would be!
But deep within my restlessness, I knew that's not for me.

then years later.........

I held my small child's tiny hands and taught him how to pray.
I showded him butterflies and birds, and where the squirrels stay.
I taught him how to drive and when he drove off with another,
I found the gift God gave to me - I simply call it Mother.

©2004 by Marilyn Fabricatore