My Baby

It was a frosty winter morn',
When admist the cold - life was born.
I stared over at my dear wife;
The one I loved, with all my life;
A bundle of blankets was wrapped so soft.
I took him - afraid he might fly aloft.
I hugged my baby and my wife close to me.
It felt so good, having a family.
It felt so magical and right
When I hugged him - soft, yet so tight.
With my family, there I stood.
I hoped and prayed I always could.
That morn', me and my wife stayed by his side,
Through it all - when he slept, and when he cried.
It was so perfect, I began to pray
That God never take our baby away.

It was a warming winter day;
We smiled as we drove away
From the place that helped to bring birth:
A child so dear, into the earth.
A bundle in blankets looked straight at me,
And never before had I felt so free.
When we arrived home, he cried his first tear;
And I whispered softly: "Daddy is here."
It felt so magical and right;
Like I could say that every night.
And I hoped and prayed that I would.
With my family, there I stood.
That day, me and my wife stayed by his side,
Through it all - when he slept, and when he cried.
It was so perfect, I began to pray
That God never take our baby away.

It was a chilly winter night;
Our first home, and it felt so right.
I know men do not ever cry;
But I felt something deep inside.
My wife felt it too - her tears just poured down.
Tears of happiness - not making a sound.
And they the baby started to cry too.
I picked him up, and did what daddies do.
God, how I wanted this to last;
But soon, this would be in the past.
So we laughed, cried, laughed some more;
Was I e'er this happy before?
That night, me and my wife stayed by his side,
Through it all - when he slept, and when he cried.
It was so perfect, I began to pray
That God never take our baby away.

It was another winter morn',
As I stared at our baby born.
I stared over at my dear wife;
The one I loved, with all my life;
And said "Hunny, I want to thank you so;
For this treasure I have, I won't let go.
And even though things will not last forever,
I just enjoy us being together."
Of course, that brought tears to her eyes,
But it was fine - just happy cries.
I gently took her shaking hand
And God, I loved being her man.
That morn', me and my wife stayed by his side,
Through it all - when he slept, and when he cried.
It was so perfect, I began to pray
That God never take our baby away.

It was another winter day,
And my whole life seemed fine, okay.
I felt like spending all my time
With my precious baby - all mine.
And I think that is what I would have done:
Just spending hours with him, having fun;
If there were not things that I had to do.
Baby, I could have spent all day with you!
I can remember my old past;
How I claimed it would always last.
But thankfully, it went away;
And now, look what I have today!
That day, me and my wife stayed by his side,
Through it all - when he slept, and when he cried.
It was so perfect, I began to pray
That God never take our baby away.

It was another winter night,
As we drove into the moonlight.
We needed supplies from the store;
Stuff we had never bought before.
A bundle of blankets sat in the back seat;
Looking so perfect - a picture drawn neat.
I guess I was looking at him too much,
To worry about that big truck and such.
It felt so horrible and wrong
As we drove into it head-on.
My wife and I were not hurt bad.
But our baby - it was so sad.
That night, me and my wife stayed by his side,
Through it all - when he slept, and when he died.
It was so sad - even though I had prayed,
God still took our little baby away...


~J.V.Harker~
~2007~