You don't remember me, but you have had a profound impact on my life.
You were roughly the size of gourd, but still required two hands to hold.
Your eyes were perfect mirrors of a world that didn't yet understand itself, but would struggle to do so by you.
Your fragile neck tried to turn your head every which way, in the hopes you might catch a glimpse of anything and everything.
I hummed along to music not playing. Rocking you this way and that.
And at some point between a sigh and sway, I whispered a secret into the crown of your little head.
You don't remember it now. But it was the truest thing I had ever said to anyone.
And after saying it, you gave a little smile.
And I loved you forever, from then on.
- For CJT
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