Sleep and Dream and Heal My Heart with Love

you will never be this small again.

tomorrow you will have grown a millimeter

and mastered another new skill;

you will fit a little less snugly into my arms.

so tonight I will hold you as long as I can

to memorize your weight and the rhythm of your breaths

the smell of your hair, the softness of your skin

before life gives you any calluses.

I will hold you here and rock in this chair

long past the point where my arms grow tired

because this is why I wanted you

this is what I came here for --

to hold you while you sleep and dream

and heal my heart with love

10-20-13

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