I'd never watched a human grow before
I held you before you developed your sea legs
as you saw the Blue Ridge Mountains
and I told you we'd revisit when you learned to walk
I will never forget the first day you said my name
Then one day you spoke a full sentence
You could run
You learned to count and sing
You no longer were that tiny cloud anymore
I feared you'd outgrow the little things
Until one night recently
You crawled into my lap
and slumbered so sweetly
and I realized you were not growing too quickly
You still were such a little boy
for a little while longer