Mother to Child

Come into my arms love.
Don’t cry now.
The world may seem unbearable
But it’ll be okay.

I love you
And will always hold you tight.
Keeping you safe from the monsters
That aren’t all in your dreams.

Come into my heart love.
Carve your own space in it.
Make it so your every smile warms me,
Your every laugh makes me soar.

Come into my eyes love.
Never be far from my sight.
So I can see your happy face
And know that you are content.

Come into my soul love.
Be entwined with me for eternity.
Become a part of me that
I can never be separated from.

I will hold you close my small one
Till you rebel against my well meaning confinement.

I will protect you from the world
Till you no longer want my protection.

Dry your eyes my child.
I don’t mind my pain as long as you’re happy.

Be the light in my life,
The joy in my heart,
When everything else makes me despair.

I will love you even when you hate me.
Only you can hurt me, child.
Scars none but I can see.

So just be happy.
And try to love me almost as much
As I love you.