This is the sweetest. My daughter is now 14, but just last night we were talking about how, when she was three, I lay down with her every night on her tiny toddler mattress and held her hand as she fell asleep. I remember at the time having "preemptive nostalgia" - that sense of already missing the present moment. This bit of writing captures that sense so well.
Agree! You should definitely read this poem aloud, David. Or ask your spouse or a friend to read. Scary as that is for some of us, it adds such an integral human layer to the experience of a poem—like all music. Beautiful work.
Wow, so beautiful. And what a simple moment to capture in words but always so magical. Every now and then I still hold my sleeping 16month old and it's always the soft hands that stop time and my racing thoughts.
Exactly this Kym. I think its a feeling I never knew and feel I'll probably never know again in the same way once I am through this phase of life. Good to capture and keep.
Yes my time is so limited that I currently don't even consider recording it. But I do read it out loud as I write so it really is just about convenience. I intend to do revordings of the back catalogue in future.
This is the sweetest. My daughter is now 14, but just last night we were talking about how, when she was three, I lay down with her every night on her tiny toddler mattress and held her hand as she fell asleep. I remember at the time having "preemptive nostalgia" - that sense of already missing the present moment. This bit of writing captures that sense so well.
Incredible story. It means so much when something resonates and i read a comment like this. Wow. Thanks for sharing.
So tender and beautiful, David.
Thank you, Frances. 🙏
Agree! You should definitely read this poem aloud, David. Or ask your spouse or a friend to read. Scary as that is for some of us, it adds such an integral human layer to the experience of a poem—like all music. Beautiful work.
Yes I agree. I do like to read them and record, just more recently it has been difficult with the little one on top of me 😅😜
Thanks so much for reading, commenting and sharing!
The First Rule of Parenting: Never wake a sleeping baby.😌💛
So much love!!!
From the first line…beautiful!
Wow thanks Brian. Great to have you here.
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Wow, so beautiful. And what a simple moment to capture in words but always so magical. Every now and then I still hold my sleeping 16month old and it's always the soft hands that stop time and my racing thoughts.
Exactly this Kym. I think its a feeling I never knew and feel I'll probably never know again in the same way once I am through this phase of life. Good to capture and keep.
'Holding me down in the winds that toss my uncut hair and the long days that keep it.'
These magical days, David.
Thanks so much Siodhna!
I am stunned and deeply moved.
You are utterly.original.
Brilliant. Beautiful.
Wow Deborah that is very kind of you. Thanks so much.
Lovely to hear this read back, David those lovely parental moments, that closeness, the journey
'holding me, setting me free' ⚡
Yes my time is so limited that I currently don't even consider recording it. But I do read it out loud as I write so it really is just about convenience. I intend to do revordings of the back catalogue in future.
Great to hear from you Mike!