Thursday, July 24, 2008

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.

1 comment:

eleanor said...

I had to brave the spelling, but I made it in the end.

So wonderful to see you and Dan, and you know beautiful who... I'm feel most em-bravened by you (not a word, but I'm starting a trend) and Dan's journey as parents.

So wonderful. So hard.

I'm beyond flattered at the shout out in the title. You rock.

E