Judith A. Whitaker, Another Kind of Growing</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=157.htm>Judith A. Whitaker</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Another Kind of Growing</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>Written for Alexander William Livengood, (October 14, 1995), upon thebirth of his baby sister, Lauren Elizabeth Livengood, (June 4, 1997)<br>Why is she here, in this place?<br>This place was always mine.<br>Little thing with funny face,<br>And name that is not mine.<br>Now it’s she who’s sleeping there<br>In crib that once was mine.<br>Now it’s she who gets the care<br>Before was only mine.<br>When she cries, she’s cuddled tight,<br>‘Gainst Mommy who was mine.<br>Daddy picks her up at night,<br>In arms that were just mine.<br>If I would cry and cling like her,<br>Would they again be mine?<br>If she goes back wherever,<br>Would we go back in time?<br>Mommy puts her by my side<br>Watch her, she says to me.<br>So I watch, my eyes held wide<br>And, Oh! She smiles at me!<br>She kicks her feet and wiggles,<br>Makes nonsense noise with me.<br>She’s making me get giggles,<br>I think she might like me!<br>See, Mommy holds her, walking,<br>She only burps or cries,<br>When Mommy wants some talking,<br>On me, my mom relies.<br>This baby cannot walk or such<br>She’s not as big as me.<br>I can teach her, oh, so much<br>Then she’ll grow just like me.<br>I was the center of their lives,<br>‘Ere since I’ve been aware.<br>But she will never have those times,<br>With me she’ll have to share.<br>So I think that I will keep her,<br>And let her have some time<br>Alone with Dad and Mother,<br>Although she’s really mine.</b></font></p></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk157.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk157.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>