MY DAUGHTER


Seeing you for the first time
Laying across my forearm
Wrapped in a soft blanket
Eyes big and blue

A tiny bubble on your lips
Looking at me
What thoughts might you have
Do you know the love I have for you

I counted your toes and fingers
It wouldn�t have mattered
You will always have my love
I touched your cheek

It felt like silk
Still you looked at me
And I at you
Never have I loved so much

So completely as when you came to me
I heard you cry
I smiled and rocked you slowly
In my arms, you had no fear of me letting go

Soon your tears disappeared
I watched you sleep on my arm
So tiny and fragile
A part of me forever

Michael V Hechtman Copyright � 2001