A Tiny Part Of My Life

Sometimes I think

Sometimes I even regret

I used to have a life

And it was very different

Now you have occupied

So much of it in you

That it seems impossible

To survive without you

I was carefree

I looked younger

I was a daughter

Not a mother

Now I have you

To love and to care

But when I get all stressed out

Your smile makes it fair

I was not an example

Whom you could copy

I could do stupid stuff

And no one would stop me

Yet when you try mimicking me

I see so much of myself

You are my magical mirror

Straight from the heavenly shelf

I used to sleep soundly

No silly motherly concerns

I lived my life fully

On my own terms

Now I often wake up

At 2 am or 3

To check on you while you sleep

May be dreaming about me

And then I see your face

So calm and peaceful

Oh god! I have never seen

Anything as beautiful