You're two and a half.
You still need me as you fall asleep
sometimes it's the rocking chair
sometimes it's sitting by your bed as you drift.
Tonight it was both
It can be hard to be needed so late into your day
Tonight it wasn't at all.
As I sit by your bed, you reach for me
Your soft touches on my face
You open your eyes every now and then
to check I'm still there.
Your tired smile through your thumb sucking.
You reach for my face again.
You like me to be right there.
I'm right here, baby.
I watch as you drift.
Your hand drops.
off to dreamland now
Sometimes it's not so bad to be so needed.
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