I remember. I remember the first time I held your hand, So small. So soft. So new. You encircled the entirety of your being Within my fingers And I held on tight tight tight Like you'd disappear if I lost your touch your warmth your light Like you'd disappear as does mist everyday before the sun broke. And then you grew and G r e w And G R E W Still tiny still lilliputian still elflike Yet so much more gained than that first day I knew of you. Now we walk, hand in hand Now we laugh, cuddled up somewhere Now we sing, curled into our sofa bed Now we run, as free as a kite as free as the wind. I know not how long your hands will find mine Nor how long your hands contained in mine Nor how long time grants us this grace, Yet I cannot stop thinking about that time, The time our eyes first met And my breath hitched And my fingers reached As all I heard were your cries, Loud, unrelenting, alive. - M.A.