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From father to mother
Before the “I’m tired”
Before the tears
Before the “mummy” and “daddy”
There was space.
Space for you.
Space for me.
And space for you-and-me’s
Now we are full
Full of tears
Full of flailing hands
Full of bedtime routines
Time filled with story times
And cuddling time
And “tebebe” time
Time freely and gratefully given
Four little hands
That hold up these four walls
But sometimes
Just sometimes
There’s a sliver
A drop
Just a single drop
For you-and-me
From now until forever
My favourite place to be