You pick up toys <br />here & there <br /> <br />& a piece of poo <br />(mummified now) <br /> <br />from the baby’s <br />nappy <br /> <br />when she crawled <br />crap ‘n’ all behind the couch. <br /> <br />This, obviously <br />a bit we missed. <br /> <br />I watching you <br />bend & bend again <br /> <br />picking up all the little things <br />of being human <br /> <br />aTigger…a tiger <br />a Pooh…a poo. <br /> <br />Your smiling face <br />covered & uncovered <br /> <br />by a falling curtain <br />of hair. <br /> <br />Your hair falling <br />in a black wave of applause. <br /> <br />Your appearing <br />& disappearing <br /> <br />smile <br /> <br />the most beautiful thing of all <br />in all my world. <br /> <br />It sneaks <br />almost unnoticed <br /> <br />into my mind <br /> <br />curls up <br />& goes asleep <br /> <br />where I, all these <br />years later <br /> <br />discover <br />it <br /> <br />remember <br />it <br /> <br />hold it <br />in my hand <br /> <br />& weep.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/your-disappearing-smile/
