You should have been in bed
grasping at slumber behind closed eyes
adventuring into dreamland
as your childhood raced on by
we could of read a book
shared a fairy tale or two
but instead we headed out the door
pulling on our shoes
we abandoned all our routine
and chose to go and walk
and sit beneath the setting sun
and replace our story time for talk
we didn’t fret for bedtime
we didn’t fret for time
I held your hand in company
& in turn you too held mine
we watched the daytime ending
we watched the daylight fade
I tucked the moment in my heart
and the memory that we’d made
we only took 10 minutes
with a different kind of scene
and a bedtime with a difference
and a mummy daughter team
we forgot about all others
we adventured all alone
we pulled on shoes together
just us, just on our own
but we could of read a book
a fairy tale or two,
but our story’s in the making
and my fairy tale is you…
Mrs FD
