Small Child Asleep
SMALL CHILD ASLEEP
My son’s day is over, he’s asleep
No more excited alarms
Caught in mid-play and leap
By Morpheus’s arms
Behind the bedroom door
Unfinished choc bar, half-built lego
Toy debris litters the floor
With his energy of an hour ago
A drawing of the cat playing -
They were running wild.
Pile of socks old and fraying -
I remember when he smiled.
I overlook the mess
See the person in the child
Look closely at his success
Rather than his mistakes all piled
And hope that the Lord will rather
Turn a blind eye to my faults
With the love of a father
When my day halts
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