For My Children Poem by Neil Graham Marsden

Until a kiss such as this will arouse you
much warmer than all of the rest
I will tenderly drown you in laughter,
then my sweet birds will launch from the nest.

Until time weighs its heavy advances,
as your face hints the passage of days
I will hold you so tight in love's kingdom,
adored in a million ways.

Until love in a new fangled framework
will tempt you away from my sight
I will share in the warmth of your breathing,
as you shelter at home through each night.

Until life with its strange hidden message
takes you silently out of my view
I wonder just what will replace then,
this beautiful journey with you.