Grandchildren

Daughters of ours beautiful and smart

Of math, science, literature and art

Now with lovely children of their own

Beautiful legacies of love once sown

Seeds of wisdom, seeds of wonder

Of future generations we do ponder

So young we were when we loved each

We did our best to develop and teach

Our past our present our future still forming

Over generations our understanding growing

A legacy described in fabric social conforming

Did we expand and improve in love reforming

Joyous to see future taking its shape

Protect, guide, but not our lives remake

Abandon our dreams for them so they can fly

A beautiful future we must not contain or deny

Someday they will be proud grandparents too

Then they’ll smile, and understand the love we knew