Tick
Tock
The clock
Won’t stop you
From growing
All too soon
Off into the big world
You will go
Undeniable
Inevitable
Tick
Tock
Except
My inner eye
Still sees
The babe in you
Remembers
Tiny hands
Smaller feet
Blink
Yes you are still the same to me
Only bigger
And louder
Bigger
Louder
Slow down
Clock
Slow down
Tick Tock
Slow
Down
©2014 Jill Baker

Time can heal, but it also steals. It seems to move like sludge one minute, blink, and ten years have passed.