This morning you looked
So fragile
Not like other mornings
Rushing to get us ready for our day
Clothes laid out, lunches packed
Hurry...hurry...don't be late
Our day's foundation, but
This morning you looked
So fragile
So breakable
That even one wrong word
Would pool
Your eyes with tears
I hope I held you long enough
To set your heart
Against the day's tramplings
Like time sets fresh concrete
Against the impressions of the passers by
Some unintentionally
With misplaced steps
And others purposely
With hands and sticks
But all leaving marks...
I hope I was strong enough
For you...
Because this morning you looked
So fragile...