To My Son

Tousled hair and innocence
Jeans and sunny smile
Summer days and happy times
You made them all worthwhile

I watched you play... then run away
In and out the door
And took for granted all the years
So sure of many more

But that was only yesterday
Where did that time go?
My empty arms have lost the babe
I held those years ago

You grew so fast it scared me
But oh how proud I stand
For you have matured in love
You've grown into a man