A Glimpse of Heaven

One little laugh

One little "Mommy"

One little smile

One little cuddle.

 

His eyes are bright

He does what he can

To help his mom

He's always cheerful

 

When it's dark out

Harold shows no fear

He says "Outside!"

Drags me to the door

 

At dinner time

He sits politely

Eats all his food

And after, cleans up

 

No matter what

My glimpse of heaven

Will always be

Little Harry Dings

 

Reviews

[Devlin]

That is absolutely wonderful. Sometimes it's hard to express the extent of one's feelings in words, but that just doesn't seem to be the case here.

[Jason]

This is absolutely wonderful. I relate to this completely as a father...,

"No matter what
My glimpse of heaven
Will always be
Little Harry Dings"

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Cherry Berry]

This was an adorable poem. I wish all my brood would eat their food like they should... lol
Your son sounds like an angel. Well penned. I enjoyed reading.
xox
Cherri

[LSS]

Tab,
Its possible cloud missed the meaning of the 2nd to last stanza because he cannot envision the step by step process that is motherhood. I thought it all fit together nicely. Next time try playing with it some as you write, I almost thought you were going to begin each stanza with their own letter, (i.e. 1st stanza - 'O', 2nd stanza - 'H', and so on). Maybe an acrostic spelling out Harold's name.
D

[Serend1p1ty]

In honesty, I'm not quite sure about the second last stanza..Oh how I hate to admit that haha.
Working with what I know, this is a great poem.
The beginning starts off well, it gives a good build up.
But yeah, I don't think I can fully appreciate the poem because I'm missing that second last stanza.
Sorry about that!

Yours truly,
cloud6