Here to Be

It all gets so messy
That's what they told me
And all of those long days
You blink and they've gone away
So we put up the swing set
And you weren't even here yet
And set off to worrying
The way that you worry when
You're hoping

Now our kitchen table
Oh it's covered in colors
And we spill and fight and laugh
Just like all of the others
And they could have warned me
Over and over
But I could only know what I don't know
By becoming your mother

And sometimes I forget just how quiet it was
Before you arrived and opened me up
And you are my baby and I am forever your home
And whatever you need, I am here to be

Now you're downstairs dreaming
And we're never sleeping
And you look at me it's all I once believed in
And this world will shake you
Try to erase you
Just stay brave and strong and wild just like we made you
Just like I made you

And sometimes I forget just how quiet it was
Before you arrived and opened me up
And you are my baby and I am forever your home
And whatever you need, I am here to be

It's the ticking of time that puts shackles on us
There's always too much and then there's never enough
One day you arrive and the next you are out on your own
And we're left here to be, setting you free
Whatever you need, I am here to be

It all gets so messy
That's what they told me
And all of those long days
You blink and they've gone away