That's lovely, Alexa! And Happy Mother's Day!
I wrote a song for CW when he was about three that expressed that same sadness- I was watching him in his sailor suit, (now packed away in the attic) working hard on some puzzle with his little chubby hands, big brown eyes serious, concentrating so intently-and so far away from me already..now as I look at him, six feet tall, his brown curls a swimmer's buzz, but those eyes still so clear and serious, I realize that childhood really is over..I am looking directly into that time that you are only beginning to anticipate..I wish I could share the music with you also, but from one mother to another...
Little Blue Boy Blue- a lullaby
You're my Little Boy Blue, growing so fast,
Leaving me in your childhood past
What will I do when you're no longer there
When my songs will be sung into empty air?
You're My Little Boy Blue, moving away
Leaving me a little more every day,
What will I do when you are gone?
When I no longer end each day sharing a song
With my Little Boy Blue?
For each time the sun sets,
You leave further behind
Our land of fairy tales, nursery rhymes, magical
mystical times,
And where you are going,
I know I can't go.
We're only given one time through,
And I've taken the journey before you,
Now all I can do
is to love you, to teach you, release you,
My Little Boy Blue
You're my Little Boy Blue,
My child, my own,
No matter how far away
How much you've grown.
And what I will do when you are gone
Is weave all the memories into songs
To send you,
Remember, forever
I love you,
My little Boy Blue |
