This was written for my youngest daughter when she left home to work in a kibbutz in Israel

TO MY FLEDGLING


THE TIME HAS COME TO CUT THE CORD FOR YOU MY YOUNGEST,
RELUCTANTLY, I'LL WATCH YOU FLY THE NEST.
BUT WITH IT ANOTHER BOND MAY STRNGTHEN,
A BOND OF LOVE AND MEMORIES AT THERE BEST.

SOFT CHUBBY FINGERS THAT ENTWINED MY HEART,
FOND MEMORIES TUGGING AT MY SLEEVE,
PAST CHRISTMASES AND TEENAGE BIRTHDAYS,
ALL PRECIOUS AND THEY'RE MINE TO KEEP.

YOU GO WITH MY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING,
REMEMBER MAMFI, I AM JUS A THOUGHT AWAY,
A MILLION MILES CAN NEVER SEPERATE THIS BOND OF LOVE,
IT'S HERE WITHIN US , NIGHT AND DAY.

PART OF ME IS FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT,
FOR PART OF ME IS LOCKED INSIDE YOUR HEART,
SO, THROUGH YOUR EYES, I TOO SHALL SEE THE WONDERS OF THE EAST,
MY LOVE WILL KEEP YOU SAFE, WHILST WE'RE APART.

GODS GIFT TO YOU WAS LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING,
DESIRE TO HELP YOUR FELLOW MEN,
SO, FLY MY LITTLE FLEDGLING AND FULFILL YOUR DREAMS,
BE SAFE AND HAPPY , TILL YOUR HOME AGAIN.........

By Sheila Betts.


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