I was looking over my sister's blog and enjoying all the pics of the adorable Aliyah and Xander (which I still want copies of, k SISTER?), and I can't help but notice how big they are getting. I miss those kids like you would not believe, so I'm glad Anne has the blog, so at least I can see what they're doing 300 miles away. Anne sent a picture to my phone of Aliyah with the caption "my little girl...she's not a baby anymore!" It got me to thinking...(dangerous, I know):
I used to rock you to sleep,
wish you the lullabies of sweet dreams,
wait for your eyes to surrender,
watching you fight the slumber
that sought to embrace you
even as I held you close,
knowing that you would only snuggle there
for such a short moment,
knowing that you will someday
rock yourself to sleep,
curled into a pillow instead of my arms,
but I silently hoped,
as I gazed upon your long eyelashes
and your tender, perfect face,
that you would still remember in your dreams
the lullabies we shared,
and perhaps that you will someday know
how the warmth of my arms
can never compare to the warmth of my heart,
how my memory of this moment
is snuggled around my love for you,
even now,
now that I used to rock you to sleep.
Love you Aliyah!
1 comment:
That was beautiful. The kids miss you too. I wish I could write half as good as you do. (was that the right word...good? I dunno.) I really appreciated that poem. I think I'll type it up and put it in a frame in her room. I am finally decorating it when she gets a big girl bed in a couple months and this for sure will go in there! Thank you. Now...what about Xander...? :)
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