Pause, Play, Rewind

Pause, Play, Rewind

What if I gave you some buttons,

That could handle all of time?

And what if those three little buttons

Were Pause, Play, and Rewind.

What if we sat, side by side?

And looked through our memories together

Like looking through the T.V. channels

For the newscast or the weather

Pause, Play, Rewind

Rewind to 16 years ago

The day that I was born

And you held me in a blanket,

All wrapped up nice and warm

Play

Those first years were quite hectic,

Or so your stories tell

And sometimes you wanted to cry,

And sometimes you wanted to yell

Pause

At four years old I didn't know

Why Daddy went away

Or why everything had to change

After all that happened that day

Play

But we made it through the hard times

And things were looking up

Sometimes if you think about it

It's just an empty cup

And then we made the great big move,

Left what we knew behind

But we went to meet our family

So we knew that we'd be fine

Pause

Those years were tough but full of love

And things fell into place

Spending time with family and friends

Our town removed from the race

Play

Then we joined the race again

And moved states one more time

Leaving what we knew

Our family and friends behind

A chance to start again

A blessing in disguise

At least, you could call it that

If you looked through different eyes

Pause

Once again we settled in

We were here to stay

And still things were getting better

With each passing of the day

Pause, Play

A couple years then went by

With plenty of drama to spare

Some days and night feeling like

It would be easier not to care

But then things changed drastically

And our world was flipped around

We got a house, and I got sick

Our lives were upside down

Pause

Our lives are stuck on pause

While we try to figure it out

But love is always here

I know this without a doubt

Love has always been here

I know this much is true

I know that we have memories

And hope within us too

I love you 'til the end of time

Happy Mother's Day

-Bri

This is a poem I wrote my mom for Mother's Day

It goes with the last post quite a bit.