STILL LEARNING
We brought you home from the hospital in a brand new baby car seat
In a dirty old taxi cab that we hailed
Although it might as well have been a rocket ship you travelled in
From across whatever galaxies you sailed
Now you’re only two feet tall and you can hardly see at all
And you don’t understand much of what you do
Excepting for your size and for the colour of your eyes
There’s not much difference between your old pa and you
But we’re still learning, we’re still learning
I got to say I always planned to have a little more well in hand
Before the arrival of someone like you
But now you’ve made your entrance I guess we’ll stick with the tradition
Of somehow just muddling through
No I haven’t made much money and though it might seem funny
Probably wouldn’t know what to do with it if I did
Each task I’ve tried to undertake I always seemed to learn the hard way,
Guess the same’ll go for raising you, kid
But I’m still learning, I’m still learning
And as you’re lookin’ ‘round
There’s so much more to be found
On the way to where you’re bound, but for now
You got to be carried around –
Now you’re hungry and you’re cryin’, one would almost think you’re dyin’
Listenin’ to the noise that you make
But one thing you’ll never know is how you’ve caused this love to grow
In these two hearts with new morning you awake
You’re like the fireflies on a summer night, you’re the red ribbon first prize
You’re like a neverending sunrise to me
You’re a waterfall, you’re a windfall, you’re a bright light in a dark hall
And I still can’t say all the things you’re gonna be, because you see-
I’m still learning, I’m still learning
Copyright © Kyp Harness 2015
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