No More Gummy Smiles

No More Gummy Smiles

I stared at your face

As I always do

But I noticed something different

There was something new

There in your gums

A speck of white peeking through

I groaned a low hum

Here was that feeling I knew

A dull ache so strong

I've felt in the past

They say days are long

But the years are so fast

Those gummy smiles I'm afraid

Soon turn to toothy grins

The chubby cheeks will fade

As your face matures and thins

Little whimpers that you make

Quickly change to silent nights

No more rocking for the sake

Of assuring you it's alright

It took far too long

To figure this all out

So I'll keep singing you songs

To keep away your pout

You can sleep on my chest

Until you wake up to feed

You may drink from my breast

For as long as you need

With a caress of your skin

I breathed your scent in deep

Just to take it all in

Because babies... they don't keep

-Sara Bertrand

xoxo, Maman

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