Would you have my eyes of blue <br />My nose, my chin, my hair? <br />And would I recognise that smile <br />Upon your face so fair? <br />My greatest wish in all the world <br />I hope one day to see, <br />As years slip by my chances fade <br />Now it may never be. <br /> <br />I long to kiss your tender cheek <br />And tuck you in your bed, <br />Then read to you a fairy tale <br />Or watch the stars instead, <br />And hold your tiny hand in mine <br />Until you are asleep, <br />Then bid goodnight and pleasant dreams <br />While you in slumbers deep. <br /> <br />What boundless joy you'd give me <br />For there is no better thing, <br />Than to hear the joy of laughter <br />And the songs that you would sing, <br />I'd show you nature's beauty <br />All its treasures and its charms, <br />O I would give my all to hold <br />My child within my arms.<br /><br />ANDREW BLAKEMORE<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-child-within-my-arms/
