For Xander

If today is all there is And all there ever will be Let me say this In the glorious nowness of the day You my child lay sleeping Unaware that I crept in your room And placed a kiss on your head Your familiar smell lingers Like the day you were born I am more keenly aware Of the rising joy in my heart And the excitement of this moment That has been missing until now Let me never put off feelings such as these For expression on some future date and time For the future is always now And only exists in the minds Of those who cannot rightly love But since I rightly love you And your impish laugh And your little boy grin And your curious mind Let me tell you now That in this moment Staring at you as you sleep Time has stood still And I can with quiet surety tell you I love you Deeply and forever And for a moment I know That the piece of love you have given me Will last and carry with me Into the unknown And mingle with my stardust heart An endless dance in to eternity And that my child Is heaven