Feel It

This is one of those times
no words can match my mind
when I think of how grateful I am of you.

To know you,
to be around you,
to feel you,
to love you.

Rainbows

To the little girl with the rainbow eyes,
oh, how I’ve been waiting to know you.

I look at you and think,
what a gift you are.
And every morning
I unwrap the smile you saved for me.

Soft and telling,
I’m watching a sunrise
wipe away a dark sky
whenever I stare in awe of you.

I never thought such a little person
could say so much without a single word.
Because every time I look, I see your stare find mine.
The love I feel I find in your eyes.

For all the love

For all the love I’ll ever need
you gave to me.
With few words and a look,
we’re eight years into a lifetime.
A long hallway promise that’s always been kept.

A long road we continue to pave,
drawing the map as we go.
Through cities new and familiar.
To realize I’m always home
as long as you’re there.

And even “we” means something new.
To love how it was
and to love knowing it’ll never be the same.
For we saw once they came
just how love can grow.

It multiplies with the smiles and the cries.
The subtle moments.
How you can be an entire world for someone
who’s your entire universe.
Not unlike how you’re mine, then and now and tomorrow.

How lucky I am to stay in your orbit.
For all the love I’ll ever need
you give to me.
With few words and a look.
Eight years into a lifetime.
A long hallway promise that’s always been kept.

Sometimes

Sometimes I wonder where it comes from.
Sometimes I tell myself I'm fine.
Sometimes I wonder where it goes when it's gone.
Sometimes, in my mind.

In the little

In the little you I see
the young man to be.
A boy I wish would stay so young,
but the man I can’t wait to meet.

In the little you I hear
a laughter so sincere
it spreads to all around you,
a smile that must be seen to be believed.

In the little you I wonder
about all your hopes and dreams.
Your limitless desire to be whatever you want to be.

In the little you I hope
I’m giving you the most
love and joy a father can bring.

In the little you
I cherish a boy whose mere existence
has fulfilled my entire being.