Nici’s Sixteenth 13.09.09 Poem by Margaret Alice

Nici’s sixteenth birthday
loving and self-confident
chasing rainbows and friends

I cry for the passage of time when
I am alone, the short, brief moment
she she was mine almost gone

Asserting herself, becoming braver and
wiser, we do not clash because we
set her free to grow strong

She is very superior, looks down on
her mom and dad as archaic geeks
to be humoured - while we believe

Kids are a direct connection to faith,
hope and energy and can teach
their elders so many things

She loves being in charge, taking the
lead, she is the lady of the house
in her childhood home

Testing herself before facing the world
I keep my tears to myself, she delights
in being grown-up

While I quietly Iament losing
my little girl...

12 September 2009