Baby Love
By Turlough
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Two new eyes
Startled; staring out at
An old world.
Not knowing it's old.
Two new lungs
Taking their first gasps of air
Breathed a million times before,
But by whom?
Two new ears
To absorb
Words of adoration.
Isn't he lovely?
A new mind
On a journey to understand
The universe and its entire contents.
Wherever they may be.
Four new limbs
Setting foot
Beyond the womb's walls
To make a mark and earn a crust,
To be someone to love and trust,
To make those promises and mistakes,
To make hearts leap and maybe break,
To make a million cups of tea,
To make great journeys, cross the sea,
To make the most of what's beyond,
To make a wish and wave a wand,
To grow some veg, to till the land,
To play for Leeds or form a band,
To sing out loud, then even louder,
To make his family even prouder
Than at that moment he was born
To make a precious lifetime dawn.
A perfect little soul
To make more perfect little souls.
Life goes on,
Will go on,
But for this wee man
It's only starting.
Note: This is for my new grandson who arrived in the world last Sunday.
Photograph: Courtesy of my son, the baby's father.
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Comments
This is such a gorgeous poem
This is such a gorgeous poem Turlough. Your little grandson must make you feel very proud.
Congratulations and I enjoyed reading.
Jenny.
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Big congratulations Turlough
Big congratulations Turlough - lovely poem for a beautiful baby!
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Wonderful poem, mixing deep
Wonderful poem, mixing deep and funny
and Congratulations!
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"A perfect little soul
"A perfect little soul, to make more perfect little souls. Life goes on". A beautiful poem on the cycles of life! Don't worry by this time I could already have been be a grandfather myself.
Tom Brown
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"To make a million cups of
"To make a million cups of tea..." Yep, about right. A beautiful poem with appropriate optimism for life in general (apart from the bit about playing for Leeds). Paul :)
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responsibility
It is a lot of responsibility to have a child, things can go wrong, and things will. You take the chance of pain and loss, and serious hurting and not only yourself. In these times too, you can't even be sure of a good income, but most of us happen half-and-half unexpected and unplanned. Thrown into this hard and cruel world. Fools rush in.
I'm definitely no expert, but, Scary
A leap in the dark as such. All the best! Nolan &
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