Two big blue eyes peek from a cot
A soft, sweet voice is cooing
Two little arms are lifted up
Beautiful, fleeting moments
Chubby arms around my neck
Small head upon my shoulder
My baby snuggling close to me
Beautiful, fleeting moments
Raspberries blown on a bare tum
Tickles, squeals of laughter
Row, row your boat – again, again!
Beautiful, fleeting moments
A happy face banana-smeared
Waving sticky fingers
Using yogurt as hair gel
Beautiful, fleeting moments
Swings and slides and spinning round
Jumping in the puddles
Collecting treasures – leaves and stones
Beautiful, fleeting moments
Rubber ducks and squirty toys
Making beards with bubbles
Soft warm towels, damp tousled hair
Beautiful, fleeting moments
Bedtime stories, lullabies
Tender goodnight kisses
The innocence of a child in sleep
Beautiful, fleeting moments
Oh this is so lovely Louise – you paint such a picture. Beautiful fleeting moments is the perfect phrase to describe most of motherhood 🙂
Thank you Yvette, so glad you liked it 🙂
What a beautiful poem, I love it.
Very powerful images but also gentle too, perfect for representing motherhood.
Thank you Jenni, so glad you liked it 🙂
This week for me was fleeting. It pass me by so fast that I dont time to record everything. This is such a lovely and sweet poem. Makes me remember and miss my son right about now =) #pocolo
Thank you Merlinda, so glad you liked it.
This has just brought back so many memories. Beautiful sentiments x #prose4T
Thank you 🙂
Such lovely words 🙂 x
Thank you 🙂
What a beautiful poem. It paints such an accurate description of childhood
Thank you 🙂
Beautiful! And all so true, thanks for linking up to #thankfulthursday
Thank you, lovely to link up 🙂
So beautiful! Made me think of how grown up my little girl is getting, but also how I’ll get to enjoy those precious newborn moments all over again when #2 is born xx
Thank you – these little ones grow up too fast don’t they?
This is so beautiful, truly heartfelt and any parent will definitely be nodding along reading this!
Thank you
this is lovley and makes me feel much better about my nightly sneak into the toddlers room to watch him sleep!!
Thank you Laura, glad you liked it 🙂
Aww gorgeous post, so many precious moments, love being a mummy! Thanks for linking with #MaternityMondays xx
Thank you, lovely to link up 🙂
This is utterly gorgeous Louise 🙂 So very true, they are fleeting moments but thank goodness for memories. Thank you for linking to Prose for Thought x
Thank you – lovely to link up again 🙂
This is so sweet. It brought back so many memories of my son’s childhood. Thank you for reminding me about the cuddly boy he once was.
So glad you liked it – those snuggly moments are so wonderful, isn’t it a shame they pass all too quickly?
A lovely poem and you’re so right, they are all beautiful moments. 🙂 #ThePrompt
Thank you Morgan 🙂
Gorgeous Louise. Just gorgeous.
Thank you Fionnuala 🙂
This is beautiful Louise, all such perfect moments, the ones to treasure. Thank you so much for sharing with #ThePrompt x
Thank you Sara – so lovely to link up 🙂
This is so sweet and real 🙂 loved it
#theprompt
Thank you, Hannah 🙂