My Baby

For Daniel Gardeners Contest....I wish them the best.

My Baby

 

You look into my eyes, giggle brightly

Squirming to run your own game

Pulling the reluctant kitten by the fuzzy tail

Finding that dusty cracker underneath the couch

 

It’s my baby

You baby

One baby

Cry baby

 

You don’t know that my heart ticks ragged

Beats of hopeful, fantasy futures

Strokes of genius, sparks of brilliance

I have my dreams and you are swept up

 

It’s my baby

You baby

Two baby

Sigh baby

 

Muted bravery when you can’t understand

Tired and weak, older by necessity

Eyes telling me, of all people, it will be okay

Cries for sadness so deep, I can’t overcome

 

It’s my baby

You baby

Three baby

High baby

 

Let’s hold hands for just a moment

Let’s eat the rhythm of the land

Let’s crinkle our noses in miracle and disbelief

Let’s make this beautiful time, the kind that counts

 

Because

 

You’re my baby

You baby

Four baby

More baby

Author's Note

Let me know if I can do anything....thinking about your family.

Reviews

[jenniewren (J.W. Bouwma..]

You don’t know that my heart ticks ragged
Beats of hopeful, fantasy futures
Strokes of genius, sparks of brilliance
I have my dreams and you are swept up

that is a brilliant stanza.. it flows so perfectly. the image it gives is heartwrenching. i also really enjoyed the sort of pat-a-cake nursery rhyme rhythm of the piece, and the refrain running throughout eases the passages, almost adding a marching effect..

[c.m.]

Wow...this is truly amazing. I almost cried actually. A beautiful piece here...I love the stanzas with the numbers, and the last one is wonderful. All of it is quite brilliant, I must say. Definitely one of my favorites...you never cease to amaze me. Again....wow.

[Ed Hart]

isn't it wonderful how a baby gives us a chance to be new too...delightful, my friend

[Jenny Nelson]

I don't know the story behind the poem, but this is a beautiful, bittersweet, heartfelf well flowing piece. It really is touching. Sad, but not despondent. Peaceful. Very nice. I enjoyed reading it.