A little dewdrop escaped his lips
and landed on my knee
I gasped in exaggerated surprise
catching his smile, with mine
He slid down his mother’s knee
toddled his first steps across the floor
steadied himself, turned and grinned at me
in that brief moment, I knew
this is not how it should be
His mother missed it all
flicking the feed of selfies galore
chuckling intermittently at what she saw
but how I wish she had seen what I had seen
when he checked in with me
a dawn bird
In response to VJWC – # 72 – Wish
A Shared Space 