I see that face, and my heart grows glad.
She smiles and runs to me,
She has so much love,
No heart could stay empty.
But in the blink of an eye,
She will be grown.
I may not even be there
Only the man upstairs knows.
Look already, how far the world’s turned.
All the time we’ve used,
The years we’ve burned.
My sight grows less, while hers grows strong.
I slow her down, but she drags me along.
My limbs will weaken, my hearing fail,
But, God be willing, I will hold her hand,
Receive her hugs, throw her big smacks
Wherever she goes.
Her world already turns faster than mine.
My world is gone, no one will remember
Red rover, come over,
No white shoes after September.
Stationary phones, three channels on TV,
Computers that filled rooms,
Pet rocks, hula hoops, Pong, and Atari.
I will always ache as
She walks through the fires,
Over stones, through puddles,
Facing off this world's liars.
But it's all hers now,
Open to conquer.
And all I can do is
Continue to love her.
As she steps towards a future I won’t even know
It makes my heart ache,
Because I, too, want to go!
