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