I Never Knew

Becoming a parent is life-changing in so many ways. I can honestly say I had no idea the overwhelming emotion and feeling you have wrapped up in that squirming, crying little bundle. A friend describes it as walking around with your heart in that little person's body. She gets it.....

I wrote this poem to try to express these feelings. In some ways it sums it up well, in others it is not even close.

I Never Knew

I never knew wonder until I first saw your face
I never knew warmth until your first sweet embrace

I never knew happiness until your first smiles
I never knew worry and pacing for miles

I never knew joy until I first heard you laugh
I never knew "soaked" until that one silly bath

I never knew how cute baby drool could be
I never knew beauty in three little teeth

I never knew music until your first baby babble
I never knew grace, yet on legs so unstable

I never knew skin as soft as goose down
I never knew "family" was a verb not a noun

I never knew my life would be such a whirl
I never knew love 'till I knew baby girl

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A Poem A Day Keeps the Therapist Away

Hi All,

The purpose of this blog, if blogs do indeed require a purpose, is to showcase both my poetry and terrific poems by other writers.

So without further ado.....on with the show

I wrote this one for a friend of a friend's baby shower. The gift was a tree sapling in a pot, the poem required relating the tree theme with the baby theme

The Simple Tree

A tree is so simple a thing.
All it requires to provide us with life giving oxygen,
Is a little sunshine, some water and a bit of caretaking.

A child also seems such a simple thing.
All he requires to provide us with life affirming joy
Is a little patience, some tenderness and a bit of love.

So Bless the tree and Bless the child.
The future depends on how we care for them both.

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