Thursday, January 23, 2014
I Was Speechless When I First Saw You
You lay in your crib a total presence
Unexpected beyond the imagination of love
And hope and a father's daydream
The way it is
The new-born sings first his own poem
His innocence comes before our clothing
The way it is
Before impatient statements of your flesh
Before my clumsy meanings
For you are child only for a moment