Until You Catch the Moon
by Megan Isbell
When she was two,
The little girl looked up and saw the moon.
“Moon! Moon! Right there! Right there!”
And she took off without a care.
The mother watched the little girl race
As a smile spread across her face.
“Go on. Go on. Catch the moon.
I’ll watch you while you catch the moon.”
Tucked warmly in bed that night,
The mother gently turned off the light
And watched as her baby closed her eyes
Off to sleep until sunrise.
But before she closed the door,
She looked at her baby girl once more.
“I know you’ll be grown up all too soon,
But until then, I’ll be here while you catch the moon.”
When she was five,
The little girl saw the moon up in the sky.
“There’s the moon! It’s not so high.
I can catch it if I try.”
The mother watched the little girl race
As a smile spread across her face.
“You can do it! Catch the moon!
If you run fast enough, you’ll catch it soon.”
That night while tucking her in bed,
The little girl looked up to the mother and said,
“Do you think I’ll do it soon?
Will I ever catch the moon?”
The mother nodded with a smile
“Although it may take a while,
You can do anything you want to do
And someday you will catch the moon.”
The little girl smiled before the mother closed the door,
And the mother looked at her little girl once more.
“I know you’ll be grown up all too soon,
But until then, I'll be here while you catch the moon.”
When she was ten,
The little girl saw the moon again.
“There’s the moon. It’s really bright,
But I’m too big to catch it tonight.”
“You’re not too big, my little one.
Go on. Catch the moon and have some fun.”
The little girl looked up with a smile on her face
And the mother watched as she began the chase.
That night when the mother went to tuck her in
The little girl looked up with a sheepish grin.
“I don’t need you to tuck me in tonight.
I’m okay by myself. I’ll be alright.”
The mother paused, but before she closed the door
She looked at her baby girl once more.
Whispering, “You’ll be grown up all too soon,
But until then, I’ll be here while you catch the moon.”
When the little girl was fifteen,
She no longer noticed the moon’s gleam.
She walked on by
Without any attention to the moon in the sky.
The mother watched as the little girl looked down
And her lips curled into a frown.
Saying, “Look, there’s the moon in the sky.”
The little girl only shook her head and rolled her eyes.
The mother stood outside the closed door that night
And thought about when she used to tuck the little girl in tight.
Thinking, “You’ve grown up too soon,
But I’m still here while you catch the moon.”
When the girl was twenty,
She looked up and saw the moon.
The boy beside her held her tight
And she thought back to when she’d chase the moon at night.
She heard her mother’s words in her mind
And she smiled back on that special time.
“Go on. Go on. Catch the moon.
I’ll watch you while you catch the moon.”
The mother saw the moon alone that night
Imagining holding her baby tight.
Saying to no one, “You’ve grown up too soon,
But I’m still here while you catch the moon.”
When the little girl was all grown up with a little one of her own,
She saw the moon and thought of home.
“Moon! Moon! Right there! Right there!”
And she watched her baby take off without a care.
She heard her mother’s words inside,
And looked at her baby with a smile wide.
“Go on. Go on. Catch the moon.
I’ll be here while you catch the moon.”
And from far away,
The little girl thought she heard her mother say,
“You’ve grown up too soon,
But I’ve always been here while you catch the moon.
And someday when I’ve gone away,
Close your eyes and you’ll hear me say,
“I’ve always been here and will always be,
You make up the best of me.
You’ll always be my little girl,
The brightest spot in my little world.
My love is forever and never done,
Now go on my little one.
Go on. Go on. Catch the moon.
I’ll watch you while you catch the moon.
Remember how much I love you too.
I’ll be here until you catch the moon.”
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