You lost your first front tooth today
and your smile
almost
blew out the rest!
Elation!
Joy!
A wave of happiness!
An explosion of excitement!
All from that little tooth,
bloodied, pasty, pearl grey-white,
broken.
You’d think you’d won the olympics
– not least from my own
unabashed
howls of delight.
What a moment!
What a race!
Such endurance!
Out it came
with a courageous yank.
After weeks of prodding,
wiggling
licking
twisting
turning
wrestling,
it finally
came out!
And I was there for it all
– driving (not exactly ‘romantic’)
But I was there!
How cool!
I was there!
…so blessed
to be
your stay-at-home dad.
Today, you lost your first front tooth
and your smile
crescendoed
and left a memory in my heart.
We are now waiting, eagerly, for the next.
PoemsofaDad 