Progeny

Anxious and eager;
I sprawl besides the door,
Awaiting thy arrival.
The passage looks dim and dark;
And silent angels do embark
Warming the cradle; for you.

At last, the silence shatters
And darkness fades
The angles begin to beam
Your first wail enlightens my being
As family starts to scream

My moist eyes;
Capture your tenderness,
As you sleep in solitary peace,
Your breath smells of a thousand roses,
In you resides my only dream.

Your petite hands;
Embrace my future,
As I picture you;
Shouldering my age’s burden.

You’re my hope, my verve my vision;
You stir my subsistence,
As ripples in torpid water
You’re my blessing,
You are my shadow,
You’re my life, my daughter.