Come with me

The world through my eyes

Is yours

Open the arms of your heart

And embrace my child

Cuddle it, play with it, watch it grow

Are you its Mother?

Its Father?

Its Sibling?

Its Child?

What I have known

Sits before you

What I know

Dirties its knees as it crawls

What I will know

Walks and walks and walks

See how it stares at you

Wide-eyed

Curious

Giggling at the beauty

Of who you are

Peek-a-boo it sees you

Googoogaga

Tell it your story

Teach it your soul

So that it lives beyond

Me and my ancestors

This is

What I saw in you

That brisk day in May