Thank You

Feeling I'm suspended

'Tween childhood and old age

My heart is near to breaking

As I turn each well worn page,

For there within your  special box

It's very plain to see

That my deep, eternal love for you

Is as great as yours for me.

So many cards and letters

In my childish hand

Saying that I love you

Best parents in the land.

So many cards and  letters

Inviting you to tea

And then as I grew older

To come and stay with me.

Mothers day and fathers day

Birthdays and Christmas too

Saying that you're special

And how much I love you.

Then as the years flew by

And I went so faraway

Letters kept us linked so strong

Each and every day.

With todays' technology

We would have had such fun

'When is good to ring you?'

'I'll be home at one!'

For with emails and messages

We are really spoilt for choice

But nothing ever will replace

The warmth in someone's voice.

Now as I fold your clothes away

The tears are falling fast.

So many precious memories

Come flooding from the past.

Thank you for my childhood

You loved me from the start

And now you're both forever

Together in my heart.

The stories that you told me

And all the songs you sung

The values that you fostered

I pray I will pass on.