"The Weight of You"

Another random poem, though this time I didn't get out of bed at 3am to write it.

"The Weight of You"

There are times
when the weight of you
hangs heavy on my hips

when you go from walking
to not walking
pulling me down by linked hands

when for reasons yet unexplained
you climb on my head
or restlessly crawl onto my chest
in the middle of the night

But there are also times
when I think of how you entered
7 pounds 6 ounces
and how small you were

how small you are
in a world of heavy things


and then your 23 pounds
disobeys gravity


when you snuggle
in the crook of my arm

when I carry you to the doctor's
after a traumatic event
then, even asleep
there is no burden of you