Happiness is Love

Love is not happiness to all
But happiness is Love to me.

I knew not happiness until I knew Love.
I know Love now.

To be loved, happiness does not hinge on.
To Love is the only gift I lavish on myself.

Love for My Love,
Love for my Baby.

Happiness is a warm gun?
Happiness is Love.

Nursing Mother's Mantra

Love gets me through the night;
Coffee through the day.

Aw Geez I Love Ya

I love your toes, your crooked toes
And your nose that runs away

I love you fingers, your Father's fingers
Pre-Shrunk for extra cuteness

I love your mouth, your dribbling, sucking
Smiling, screeming, question-mark mouth

I love your eyes, those curious eyes
That see the world for the first time (or do they?)

I love your eyes, your sleepy eyes
That open and close and close and rest in crescent moons

I love your tongue, lying like a lizard
Absorbing the world through your buds

I love your chin, your double chin
Where dirt and snails and puppy dog's tails get lost in

I love your sounds, your squeeks and sucking sounds.
I love your rashes and scratches and secretions

I even love your cradle cap, proof of your growth
Like a snake shedding its in utero skin.

Aw Geez I love ya Son
My pure sweet One
I love you
Because I do.

I Measure Time

I measure time in cries of hunger
I measure time in baking cakes
I measure time as Lot's Wife would
I measure time as baby wakes

Home & Hearth & Heart

Dirty dishes in the sink
Clothes to be hung
Crying baby in the crib
Help me anyone

Silent Tears

The tears must fall silently
Lest I wake the baby
The baby who sleeps now
But will awake any moment
The baby who cries and cries
Cries out for only I
Only I can calm the baby

But I cry
And I cry
Silent tears
Lest I wake the baby

Sh
Sshhh
Shhhhhhhh

Sisters Without Babies

Sisters without babies – they don't understand
Life no longer revolves around the self
My world is no longer theirs

Sisters without babies don't stop to understand
They don't tolerate sacrifice
They don't give me a hand

One sister too emotional
The other hard as stone
Sisters without babies – "I feel so alone!"

My Love

When will you come home my Love?
I need you here with me
I need you to take care of me
After I take care of him
I need you to pick me up
When I fall to the ground
Please stay here with me my Love
I can't be left alone.