He’s just a tiny person now

He takes no room at all.

But every time I look at him

My heart to me does call.

I know I ever love his mother

But of this I don’t know a thing

I never would have imagined

What new love a child could bring.

For the love I feel for my new child

Is different than for his mother

For when I said the day we wed

That I could not love another

I did not know the capacity

Of the heart inside my chest

For this tiny thing I call my child

Asks for love beyond my best.

For this tiny person who I do love

Shows me love is a choice I make

Like when I vowed to my one wife

All others I would forsake.

But the love I have for my new child

Is a love I could not foresee

It has shown me love’s great depths

Are well beyond my capacity.

Still, I know that love does grow

As our family grows too

My heart stays true, I say “I love you,”

To you, you, you, and you.

Still, I never knew that love

Could grow beyond our family tree.

But then again, I suppose I can

See love grow exponentially.