KENISHA 3rd BIRTHDAY

Today May 10, 2006 is my Kenisha’s Birthday … she is already grown to my little girl..

For my baby

~ by Sharon Brennan ~

My baby has fallen asleep.
Finally her chest moves up and down.
Her soft curls at her ear.
She smells clean, soapy from her bath.

I know her inside out.
The creases at her elbow,
The plumpness of her cheeks.
What makes her coo or cry,
Is part of me.

She's wrapped just in a towel.
That's how she fell asleep
and so
I left her like that
I would not want to wake her
Or
We would both be up the night
And I've only just taught her to sleep -
Four hours at a go.

It is a precious thing to be needed so, by
Such an innocent.
Relied on entirely for sustenance,
My maternal heart moulds her life,
Her days.

And yet it does get tiresome for
I have a daughter to think of too.

My baby lies asleep
And I am wide awake.
Feeling how much I love her.
Dreaming of what she will become

I hope to drift off soon
For in but a moment
The alarm clock will sound
And it will be time to get
My baby up for work.