I stood

And loved you

While you slept

All wrapped in yellow

Blanket bright

All through the night

Your tiny lips

Would pucker and pinch

To phrase your dreams

And I loved you

From across the hall

And listened hard

To each breath

And waited there

Beside your crib

At dawn to feed you

Close to me

We slept again

On that couch

And I loved you

While you ran and played

And later grew

To beauty’s height

I watched and waited

In the night

To hear your footsteps

Down the hall

And loved you still

And will not stop

No matter what

No matter what

 
By Diane E. Dockum

©April 21, 2017