My Child

 

 

I am beguiled in breathless ever essence of your wondering whimsical ways.

swaying and playing a tale of ample fortitude

I intrude in your open spaces to breath an air so clean and free

hoping it will wash me of any worry and weighing woes holding me down.

 you lift me up above spread tree tops sprinkling leaves on shiny green grassy knolls

I know no other high can lift me any higher

than the white plump clouds seen in your tiny cheeks.

 I retreat in you

recycle myself to erect a new.

I bloom in your glowing sunshine smile

eyes wide and fresh seeing the world in bouncing ambiance.

How I yearn to hide in the creation of a child.

Riding your bike,

playing in the rain,

stomping in muddy puddles,

timetabled fables in sing-song,

catching snowflakes with your tongue.

our favorite exchange “mommy I want you”

 “I want you too honey”

your wanting is all I am needing

for eternity I live in another, younger and wiser.   

When your fragile lips whisper “I don’t want to be alone”

 I hold on like a tree to its roots I am structured in you.

I shutter as flashes of you dance in the dark of my mind’s eye.

Without you, I will surely wither and die.

So hold me tighter than tight and take care of these two hearts

for you have mine to have and hold as your own.

Oh, how I cherish the love of a child

Reviews

[Adela Muresan]

Wonderful, but ...the picture that is cute and funny, doesn't match such an...''mature'' poem' even if it speaks of your love. If you ask me you should chang the picture with one that isn't funny, or make the verses a bit shorter and simple.
Anywayz :D . it's a great piece and I'm glad I read it.

A.M.

[Jaffa Forbes]

Very very good. passionate with plenty of amazing imagery. It's interesting too.
Good stuff
Jaff :)

[S.E. Conway]

i love the alliteration(i think thats the one where you use the same sound repeatedly in a line) then again, (it could be called something else) anyways...
it was amazing.
nice job
-sam

[Carrie Montgomery]

"When your fragile lips whisper "I don't want to be alone" I hold on like a tree to its roots I am structured in you
Without you, I will surely wither and die.So hold me tighter than tight and take care of these two heartsfor you have mine to have and hold as your own.Oh, how I cherish the love of a child"
these lines really knocked the breath out of me! They brought tears to my eyes, my friend. You acurately expressed how many of us parents feel when we look thruogh our children's eyes and you put into words how strongly a mother feels for her children. This is an awesom piece...I think maybe one of your best, so I am saving it as a fave!!! Thank you, for sharing in the love of motherhodd, feeling as I do for children , and for sharing this poem with me...I am honored.