6/22/98
a baby walks
a baby born
twinkle in a mother's eye
curl in father's smile
jealousy in brothers' green eyes
a baby walks
first steps into life
toddles and falls
gets back up and steps again
a baby's first year
365 days she's been in this world
4am feedings and wet eyes
using her finger as a pacifier
a baby's first tooth lost
a gap in an untouchable smile
suffocating it with her pillow at night
waking up and finding a fortune
a baby's sweet sixteen
16 years back she was bald and blue-eyed
first date, first kiss, a father's fear
no longer playing with her mother's lipstick
a baby's graduation
she's completed her education
entering the workplace scared and naive
mother tests her baby's wings for flight
a baby's wedding
uniting life and love
her hand with a golden shackle
his hand with hers
a baby's baby
decades ago she was born
warming bottles and calls to mom
life gives life and life gives love
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