A white shard
Erupts violently through tender pink flesh.
I see it gleaming in the darkness
As I hold your screaming body against me in the night.
The tears in my eyes match yours
As a feeling of helplessness devours me.
Oh, the agony of…
The first tooth!
I originally wrote this in the early morning hours of the night my son got his first tooth as I stayed up consoling him. I think a baby's first tooth is equally traumatic for both infant and parent!
