I just want it

Only when you lay still
can I admire you up close.
See how peaceful you are
when your eyes are shut closed.

I breathe you in for just a moment
as you breathe in my pillowcase.
Never do I feel more comfort
than when I know you're sleeping safe.

Ari boy, we spend our days
watching you, chasing you, feeding you yogurts,
talking, laughing, arguing,
hugging, crying, learning, searching for patas.

You live life like it's a race
and you're always trying to win.
We're just trying to keep up,
while rooting from the stands.

And buggy, I wouldn't change a thing.
You're exactly who you're meant to be
and we adore every piece.
And I love the all the laughs
And sometimes all the tears.

And perhaps my favorite is when you emerge from sleep,
observant, talkative, detailed.
Ready to play and run some more.
It's something that never fails.

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.