You smell of bilberry shampoo
and
my child
I watch as
in sleep you toss and turn
I watch the
gentle heaving of your chest
as you breathe in
and then
breathe out
and then
breathe out
Your cheeks are
the softest thing
that I have ever known
Your eyes with their
beautiful long lashes
Your nose so tiny
and perfect
Your sweet baby lips
shaped like a kiss
Oh how I overflow with heaven
at the sight of you now
my sleeping child
And how I long to live over again
all the days past
that I have spent
holding you close
on this earth
my sweet, sweet Ariel
my sweet, sweet Ariel
I stroke your golden hair
and you turn to me
my hands fill with silken ringlets
as you roll gently
into my arms
And I know
this is happiness
happy mother's day
happy mother's day
