I carry her <br />piggyback <br /> <br /> <br />through leaves & laughter <br />splashed with sunlight <br /> <br /> <br />across fields <br />of summer <br /> <br /> <br />as if we were <br />the one <br /> <br /> <br />creature <br />Dad & daughter <br /> <br /> <br />or I her <br />St. Christopher <br /> <br />her riding high <br />on my shoulders <br /> <br />over stream <br />after stream. <br /> <br />She clasping my curls <br />to steer her noble steed. <br /> <br /> <br />Always seeing the world <br />from atop of me. <br /> <br /> <br />She my little bird <br />I her perch. <br /> <br />Crawling now into bed <br />cuddled into my back <br /> <br /> her words sleepy <br />on my shoulders <br /> <br />where I carry her still <br />...into my dreams.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/carrier/
