Tonight you sit before me
In a wedding dress of white
Your radiance shines as brightly
As the stars we see tonight
In a moment, you'll walk down the aisle
holding Daddy's arm
The Dad who vowed when you were born
to protect you from all harm
You are so very lovely
as any bride could be
We're thinking of the days gone by
and a little girl we see
A little girl with a pony-tail
grinning up at me
A tom-boy on a swing set
hanging on the Monkey bars
laughing with her playmates
Could those days be so far?
So far that now she's all grown up
and leaving us for good
~~although we hated to admit it
we knew someday she would
We try to hang on to the past
but the past just disappears
amid braces, crushes and high school friends
and a fleeting of the years.
This beauty now before me
will soon kiss us goodbye
and the little girl in the mirror
will be like the butterfly
The butterfly who flits around
to beautify our day
Like the bride who smiles so happily
and waits to fly away
from the arms of Dad to the arms of a man
who waits now for his bride
to join him at the alter
~to be forever by his side
I'll cherish the memory of the childhood days
that ended much too soon
I'll cry a bit when I climb the stairs
and look into your room
I will imagine I hear the impish laughter
and see the tossing of your curls
Memories will sustain me
of our bright-eyed little girl
Take our blessings with you
as you meet him with a smile
and we'll be thankful you were ours
if only for awhile
The mirror image vanishes
was it only in my mind?
I want so much to keep you here
with the days you've left behind
All Rights Reserved~~Kacey
SUNRISE, SUNSET ("Fiddler On The Roof"~~ 1971)
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older
When did they?
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be this tall?
Wasn't it yesterday when they were small?
Sunrise, sunset~Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
Sunrise sunset~Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
Now is the little boy a bridegroom
Now is the little girl a bride
Under the canopy I see them
side by side
Place the gold ring upon her finger
Share the sweet wine and break the glass
Soon the full circle will have come to pass
What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their way?
Now, they must learn from one another
Day by day
They look so natural together
Just like two newlyweds should be
Is there a canopy in store for me?
Sunrise, sunset~Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
Sunrise sunset~Sunrise, sunset~
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
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