PEEK INTO THE WINDOW
© 2003 Tina L. Curtis
“Peek Into the Window” is the first poem that I wrote about my daughter, Jordan Rose. I had always been told that “when you have a child, your whole life changes.” Silly me, I didn’t believe. Though my life can still get crazy, I have found myself going home on account of her needs more often and I feel less guilty “wasting” my time lying around with her instead of doing housework. Seeing my nieces who are teens makes me realize how quickly they grow. This poem was written about a month after Jordan was born, with my thoughts focusing on the new babe in my arms.
Take a peek into my window
And a change is what you’ll see.
The focus of my life
Is no longer set on me.
When you peek into my window
You’ll see I’m usually home;
Hugging on a newborn
With no desire to roam.
The computer is in the corner,
The dresser; a changing table.
Diapers are now my business
Though I write when I am able.
The window that you peek through
Is dirty from winter’s gale.
No time for spring cleaning
She needs fed without fail.
Though my life has changed—
Is no longer my own—
I have no regrets.
For she is bone of my bone.
She is flesh of my flesh.
She is a dream come true.
She is the sunshine of my life.
She is all things good & new.
