I wished on a star
and changed my life
no longer alone but
a mother, a wife
A lifetime of work
and love that pours out
from soft faces with kisses
and arms wrapped about
a body so different,
a heart that's so changed
a mother, a wife now
my old life estranged
from this face in the mirror
this shape in the dark
her voice soothing whispers
keeping nightmares apart
from soft faces with kisses
and arms wrapped around
her children, her life now
not making a sound.
