Here is a picture of my daughter Eva. She is
7 years old.
10 years old!
2 AM
Bleary eyes, barely focused
and ears jerked awake by a cry;
Stumbled steps in the darkness
and muttered words with a sigh;
Tiny hands reaching out and up
and tear-filled eyes opened wide;
Grasping, clutching; spasmed breaths
finding, at last, my side;
And as quickly as the startling cry
and the frustration in its wake;
A peace and warmth washed over
and over my weariness breaks
Updated 11/25/2002 by Edward Hudson
Ed Hudson