* If only

If only I could take your hand in mine
and make it smooth
Touch your face and make it young
Take your mind and make your thinking
sharp and clear
Turn back the hands of time and
make your voice young and gay
and see again
the sparkle in your eyes
But my magic wand won't work
and you are getting old
and I am loosing you.
It frightens me and makes me sad
For I see the tears
in other daughters' eyes
and I know one day
that I will cry.
I wish I was God -
But not even God can stop the years
He can only give me strength
when the years are past
and I no longer have you here to love.

London, England
Taking care of "Granny"
1968