When I First Saw You

I painted doubts on the ceiling. I kept counting sleepless nights. Wondering how you

teach a life. What's wrong? What's good? What's right? But I feared

I'd break the future. If I held it in my hands.

I didn't know if I could be the dad that child demands.

I stood inside the waiting room pretending I was strong, but those walls

could hear my heartbeat like a drum that played too long.

Then I first saw you and the world just stopped.

Every fear I ever carried just quietly dropped. When your tiny hand wrapped around