A Necessary Leaving

One day my precious baby girl

Outgrew the walls that were her world

A flower that began to bloom

The moment that she left my womb

The cord was cut, we were apart

So she could grow inside my heart

But birth is not a time for grieving

It's just a necessary leaving

One day my precious little girl

Outgrew the walls that were her world
The time had come, for her to roam
Inside a place that wasn't home
I let go of her tiny hand
And left her in a foreign land

                                                         

But school is not a time for grieving

It's just a necessary leaving

One day my precious teenage girl

Outgrew the walls that were her world

Her new home, where she now will stay

Is several hundred miles away

Far from my grasp and out of reach

She'll learn the things I cannot teach

For me, this is a time of grieving

For "Tee" - a necessary leaving



For my sister Sharon and my niece Teresa.