Smile In Your Sleep

Kari Rueslatten

behind my new face

i'm the same as i've always been

wondering how you are

if i am your mother still

i'm wearing the denim dress

and my hair is the same way

i want you to remember

and to keep me alive

this time of year

i'd give my life to live

out there with you

and watch you smile in your sleep

i see you across the room

i fear that i cannot even breathe

oh gosh, how you have grown

you're nearly as tall as myself

i want everyone to notice

just how proud you make me feel

instead i say nothing

and then you head for the door