LITTLE ONE

Little one with your inquisitive mind
Always wanting to know
Afraid to ask the questions
So you let the answers go

Who made you so reticent
Holding back from Life
While 30 years have come and gone
You've been a Mother and a Wife

Was it your Mother
With unyielding Yankee reserve
Who failed to instill the confidence
You need and deserve

Was it your Father
With Southern Baptist severity
Who drove home your convictions
of Doubt and Insecurity

Now the tide has turned
You've reclaimed your Self
No more will you tremble
Nor hide on the shelf

They tried to break you
But you have the last laugh
As you step out the door
Onto the sunlit Path