My Little boy

My little boy,

One day you will tower me,

And become smart and clever,

One day these moments may fade,

You will become a man,

And have your own priorities,

One day you will have a life of your own,

A family to call your own,

And I will be gone,

But till then,

I will continue to nurture you,

And to care for you,

Till then,

I will bask in the sleepless nights,

Begging you to sleep and miss you when you might,

For the world you are just 3 months old,

But for me you are already 12 months old,

3 months out and the rest untold,

For the world you are a toy,

And they love you when you give joy,

And back to the mother when you are a crying boy,

When I see you learn every other while,

When your little heart beats against mine,

I feel being on cloud nine,

When I see you grin innocently through my scoldings,

And your little palms enclosing my fingers,

My merriment lingers,

The scars on my body would always remind me,

that every part of you was someday a part of me

And how you arrived and we survived,

The scars on my body may never heal,

But my love for you would never seal,

Because, my little boy, you and I were connected by the umbilical.