MOMMY’S HOUSE
From
the moment she wakes,
she’s
preoccupied. Eagerly,
she
readies herself to go.
Today
is the day and tonight is the night,
she’ll
be sleeping at Mommy’s house.
Pajamas,
tooth brush, a child’s cosmetics,
fresh
undies and a change of clothes,
She
remembers well and she packs her own bag.
Today
is the day and tonight is the night,
she’ll
be sleeping at Mommy’s house.
She
cannot contain her excitement.
Her
eyes wide, bright, and her breakfast down,
She
waits, bag beside her, then her ride arrives
because
this is the day and tonight is the night,
she’ll
be sleeping at Mommy’s house.
Captive
princess, she’s chauffeured,
Arriving
to be encircled in a mother’s love.
Quickly
into her pajamas she changes,
Her
own insurance that tonight is the night,
she’ll
be sleeping at Mommy’s house.
A
day filled with activities,
Fun
things for a girl and her mom,
Baking
cookies, watching videos, reading a story,
Normal
things in an abnormal time,
And
tonight she’s sleeping at Mommy’s house.
Written
by Ron Unruh, March 2013
© Copyright BY RON UNRUH, marking an
occasion when Ayn Van Dyk, an autistic child was allowed to stay overnight at
her mother's house, for the first time in three years. At age eleven Ayn
wandered from her family back yard and when found, the Ministry of Children
seized the child to investigate parental capacity, taking an excessively long
time to resolve this case. She is now permanently at home with mom.
