Little Boy Blue

Baby sneezes
midnight snacks
3 steps forward
and you never looked back.

First word, second word
can't stop talking
endless running replaced your walking


Those trips to the park
catching my "slide rocket"
going home with daisies
overflowing each pocket

I sang you to sleep
when you were little
held your hand as you grew
I taught you to speak
taught you dress
taught you to tie your shoe

You stand before me a little man
looking as big as a kindergardner can
so brave, so afraid, so excited and yet

You reach for my hand as we take the next step

Candlelight quiet time

roller coaster flickering flame
rides the wind
in a multicoloured dance
does it have a chance?

the drafts get colder
(as I get older)
black sputtering stub
spits out smoke signals
of a torpedoed quiet time

I send out grand intentions that
puddle round my feet
melted into waxy nothings
just another rut

I want so much more ...

Matthew 12:18
18 "Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory. 21 In his name the nations will put their hope."

I never had a chance to see your face
to count your fingers
feel your embrace.

I never had a chance to hear your laugh
or cry
before I said goodby

it was over before I knew
but I suspected,
and daddy did too.

Precious to us
Precious to God
life is a gift
- no matter how short lived.

Each day is a gift
this moment is a "present"
Cherish each second
before they're all spent.