you’re having trouble sleeping tonight and back and forth to your crib, I’ve been. as I’m rocking you, I realize that all you want in the world is me and at this moment, I’m teaching you that I will always be there when you cry. you can always lay the weight of your world down on my chest. I close my eyes and breathe you in deep. you won’t always smell this way. you won’t always call for me in the middle of the night. there will come a time when you won’t even be sleeping in my house any longer. once these moments are gone, they’re gone forever and no amount of bargaining will bring them back.
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