show not only one
that you care this cherished day.
valentines for all.

do you have your milk?
what about your eggs and bread?
forecast calls for snow.

once tiny fingers
and soft, toothless smiles take hold,
there’s no shaking loose.

Tags: newborns, babies, infants

if you understood,
would that inspire action, or
just dismissive sighs?

eyelids heavy from
the wearisome week, will close
‘til further notice.

some seek freedom from
them; others would just as soon
be consumed by them.

receptors are off,
so she won’t be feeling it,
‘cause she’s had enough.