Oft on rainy midnights

I wish that I could sleep

Though you keep my eyes wide open

There’s no point in counting sheep

But the creaking of the rocking chair

Your nightlight’s soft white glow

Has become a welcome ritual

I’ve grown grateful to know

Your fuzzy head against my arm

Your fingers around mine

Those rosy cheeks reminding me

You truly are divine

Your tiny eyes close once more

I treasure every blink

Knowing if you went away

I’d be pushed to the brink

You fill my life with sunshine

I can’t fathom dark and cold

The despair would be the end of me

Without your hand to hold

So I watch on rainy midnights

The perfection that you are

Though my eyes grow weak and heavy

You shine through them like a star

I pray that you’ll live forever

Although I know that can’t be true

But I’d stay up for a thousand midnights

For each second spent with you

-for my baby B, I love you endlessly 🐝❤️