now I'm a grown-up

another lovely, simple, piece ps. no apostrophe needed here: She welcomed it's weight

Not ridiculous at all, shoe. We all need to be held regardless of anything, especially age. I really liked your poem, especially the last stanza. sd

Hi shoe, you said it all here, that no matter how old we are, we all need to be loved. Thanks for the read. Jenny.

A lovely read, shoe;-) Tina

Hi there Shoe, Firstly let me say that I very much enjoyed reading this poem. It puts forward very clearly an idea which we all ascribe to in that we long to be loved but we are also often reluctant to admit this since it immediately makes us dependant on someone else and that always feels like a dangerous place to be. In literary terms the flow of your poem feels natural when read aloud and slips off the tongue easily. In terms of the written word, I hope that offending apostrophe is still floating around the ether somewhere because it actually needs to come to rest on a different line of this poem as follows the child's head, cradled and further down Isuspect that you have missed a word out from the line She not possibly adjust herself which I think should probably read She could not possibly adjust herself Please feel free to ignore my comments if you disagree, and thank you regardless for a lovely read. All best wishes Dave Aim for the stars then if you fail you might still land on the moon, and that's not a bad second best.

This is a beautiful poem, an umbilical cord of love and life. Richard L. Provencher

I nearly missed this one, shoe, and I'm glad I didn't. Just a tiny typo, should be 'accommodate'. These particular line, so very evocative:- "She welcomed its weight rocking to some internal rhythm the child's head, cradled spanning her hand little finger to thumb ear to ear" Really enjoyed;-) Tina

That second stanza's top, top class, Shoe, and the last line is so poignant. What a fantastic and relatable poem this is.