A Poem for my Baby

[mommy212]

I have to keep myself from altering this now that I am retyping it, to keep it as it came to me one night, the first artistic thing in my life to do so. If you want to comment, please no suggestions on "fixing" or bettering it.

A Poem for my Baby

How can I tell you how perfect my baby is?
I love his little hands,
and the curve of his nose,
his cheeks when he dreams
he is with me.
I love his little feet
and the rise of his belly
I love him to his toes
and to his tiny shoulders,
too small to even be burdened
I love it when he sighs
I love it when he talks
I love it when he cries,
his mouth an O,
his precious tongue,
so angry,
and still so sweet
I love it when he eats
or gives me kisses,
before anyone else knows he can do it
But most of all I love how he loves me
and how our hearts beat in synch
How he still knows, still remembers,
that he was inside me
How I made his hands, and his toes,
and his nose and eyes and mouth and heart
And I wonder if he knows all my flaws,
the way I procrastinate,
the way I leave laundry on the floor
or forget to mail presents til March
I wonder how it is I made such a perfect being in my own body
And I think again,
I love you, baby,
And you will always be perfect to me.

[Mrs.Burke]

That's a lovely poem for your baby >

[Harmony08]

This is beautiful. I started to cry at the first line. I really thank you for sharing it. It has truly touched me. I could have written it

[Harmony08]

I mean I could have written it because it so perfectly expressed my feelings for my son, not because I could write like you. Just clearing that up.

[becoming]

Beautiful, mama. Your son will treasure that someday if you save it for him. This is my favorite part:

And I think again,
I love you, baby,
And you will always be perfect to me.