Aki's Daughter

I held her in my arms

That squirming little bundle of joy.

She smiled once or twice

Dreaming her sweet little dreams.

A day or two old, no more

But she warmed my hands so.

Eyes closed to the world

Still so pure, so full of life.

I waited and waited

For her to look at me once.

I cooed and warbled

But she didn’t listen, my baby.

Wrapped up in a monkey suit,

One too big for that tiny thing

I felt her tiny heart beating

And I knew that I loved her.