My Little Son

That funny smile that laugh so sweet those tiny precious hands and feet Just two years old and full of joy oh how I loved that little boy He stole my heart then went away I never will forget that day We waved goodbye and he was gone but deep inside he lingers on He took to me and I to him that memory will never dim I never thought I'd see the day when I would ever feel this way For a child such as this whose cheerful face I dearly miss And ever since I do lament for all the time I have misspent For things that I would never see and wishes that could never be And then he'll cross my mind again and all those lovely moments when I'd pick him up like he was mine a gift so rare and so divine Once I had a dream inside but I grew older and it died And through my fingers slipped away the visions of a better day And like a breeze he passed on by this tiny boy who made me cry Oh how I miss your funny grin my little son who might have been © Mike Wise 11/15/18