Immortal Love
If I could only hold each boy of mine
again as a babe,
I would tell him so much.
How much love he inspires.
How extraordinarily dear he is.
That my life was unalterably
and forever changed by his arrival.
That the joy his birth added to my life
increased the love I have for his Dad,
increased the happiness in my marriage
a hundredfold.
I would kiss each beautiful brow;
each finger, one by one;
smooth down sticky-up hair
and thank both of them
for the gift of love and immortality.
© Ellie Maziekien
22101