mamadada

mama: lifts your legs like they’re cycling, makes reassurances, is roughly gentle with you, holds you close, has mastered sleepy time, is a natural at nurturing, gladly wears your projectiles, is humbled by your greatness, believes you are sacred, calls you sweet angel, cannot stop kissing your head, watches you sleep, sings often and off-key, aches for you, is the milk machine, likes when you hold her fingers tight, dislikes being away, follows your baby blues, wants to graze on your sweet and long back-head hairs, barely handles when you cry, sleeps curled around you.

dada: lifts you up high with the birds, makes mommy worry, is gently rough with you, pushes you forward, makes you smile wide and often, is a natural at silliness, melts in your eyes, is humbled by your greatness, believes you can already stand, calls you bubbas, snorts on your belly, cannot stop pinching your button nose, sings always, can speak in cry, is the entertainment machine, changes diapers without pause, follows your laugh, wants to munch on your puppy-dog strawberry-red cheeks, barely handles when you spit up, sleeps with you in his arms.