Rose-pink, glowing, tiny hands and toes, <br />the magic of perfection brought to life - <br />if we can think beyond that self-same glow, <br />how may we help your passage through this life? <br /> <br />For 'education' seems too long a word <br />to speak too near your tiny ear just yet; <br />yet mother's, father's, total hopes and love <br />upon you - who are world itself - are set: <br /> <br />perhaps, like Hindu mothers, we should sing <br />a cradle song: 'You are that very Self'; <br />and hope that we and you may lifelong bring <br />that magic of your birth to all life's wealth. <br /> <br />For who can start to show you who you are, <br />but those whose own self shines like guiding star?<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0294-bless-this-thy-child/
