I had no inkling

Not a single clue

Just how much children

Could do to you

One moment my life

Went swimming along

All by myself,

Singing a song

Worried about loneliness,

But free as a bird

I never thought

I’d be surrounded by words

Unceasing chatter,

But full of delights

They light up my days,

And snuggle up my nights

So would I go back,

And have each one again?

Knowing what I know now-

Forever and ever, amen.