When You Were Young

I look back to years when you were small and fear
To you was never near and you worried not,
When littered was the floor with toys galore
I never wanted more than your smiling face,
Your tiny embrace I often sought
And often got.

Sweet were those times of nursery rhymes
And silly times of funny faces,
Hand prints on the walls along the halls,
Skinned knees from falls off your bike.
Those things I like and messy spaces
And untied laces.

When before bed I tousled your head
And books I read you of fairy tales,
When you were afraid, I came to your aid
And I stayed until the monsters were none.
I was your silly sun and brought you gales
of laughter to cheer your wails.

Now you're grown and on your own
And the seeds I've sown are flowers.
I am enthralled that you are all
That I could hope to call my son so dear.
I will keep near all the hours
Of these memories of ours.


The rhyming patterns within the lines are:
Line 1 - a,a
Line 2 - a,b
Line 3 - c,c
Line 4 - c,d
Line 5 - d,b
Line 6 - b