Time

How fast the time has gone
when I was just a girl
running freely through the yard
treasure-seeking … a lost pearl;
how fast the time has gone
when I was just a bride
wearing a ring of diamonds
efferent passion's … rising tides;
how fast the time has gone
when I was just a mother
baby held close to my breast
bonding … nurturing as no other
and how fast the time has gone
when I was just … alone
fever grandeurs of my youth,
grand passages of time, reborn.

Juanita Tice Paulino