Open Arms



The day you were born you touched my soul,
you were the missing link that made my life whole.
Those beautiful blue eyes stared up at me in awe,
Gazing at the woman who just became your mom.
As days turned to months, and months to years,
I watched you grow as a child through laughter and tears.
Now that your grown and out on your own,
I sit and often wonder, where did the years go?
Your childhood memories in my heart remain kept,
as you venture out to take your own steps.
But always know if you ever get lost along your way,
when your unsure where to go or just have a bad day,
know that I'm present in spirit and soul,
With open arms and a hand for you always to hold.

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This is a poem I wrote for my children

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Submitted by nlacey216 on December 03, 2023

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Scheme AABCDEFGHIJJAK
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 673
Words 149
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Wendy Nichols

Hi, I am from Tennessee, I'm 44 years old, a mother of two beautiful twins, a grandmother of identical twin girls, and one grandson. I have always loved to write; it's always been a way for me to get somewhere quiet and just relax. Writing has become an outlet for me to get things off my mind and vent a little through that writing. All of the poems I write are from actual events that have occurred in my life. I am a Police Captain over my departments Criminal Investigatio@n Division. I’ve been in law enforcement for many years and I still love what I do. The downside to my job is having to see the bad, angry, and emotional side of life's tragedies that most people never have to see, thankfully. Not all of my poems are about work, some are about my personal life and the experiences I have faced. If you read my poems I hope you enjoy them and I want to Thank you for taking the time to read them. I hope readers can relate to some of my poems, and the others I hope you never have to relate to at all. more…

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