One month, and you’ll be completing a year
a day when there’ll be so much joy and cheer
hands helping you to cut your 1st birthday cake
and correcting all the mistakes that you make.
It’s time to learn now, to see, hear and follow
walk, talk, fall and get hurt: that’s how you grow
time for us to look back at how tiny you’ve been
with fragile body, vulnerable and pale skin.
I love your moves and I love your sounds
falling like dewdrops on my ears, heart bounds
you make my life go on and my world to whirl
you’re a gem of my life, my true pearl.
It’s time to keep seeing your tricks and drama
and listen to more words than dada and mama
time when most of our anxieties are almost over
as you’re growing bigger, healthier and stronger.
Author notes
Pearl is the daughter of my friend Praveen and Smita, who completed eleven months on the 24th of October.
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