From: Baby / To: Mama

Let me be little

Sweet mama, I say.

I know I kept you up all night cause I slept most of the day.

Let me be tiny

Sweet mama, I proclaim.

For these days seem long but they will never be the same.

Let me be a baby

Sweet mama, I plead.

For to be held for a little while is just what I need.

Let me be young

Sweet mama, I reply.

You look down at me today but tomorrow we will see eye to eye. 

Let me be new

Sweet mama, I smile.

Not for too long but surely for a tiny, little while.

Let me be little

Sweet mama, I again say.

As I just grew a little bigger in a not so little way.

Let me be little, tiny, a baby, young and new.

Because, sweet mama, I surely do love you.

Written by Katye Ainsworth, 2016