As Christmas approaches Jenny Falcon has written a poem which will echo every grandmother’s thoughts, and of course, any mothers.

 

To ELOISE

By Jenny Falcon

 

Oh child of my child

I could never have known

The love that you’d bring to my soul

 

 

When a few hours old

You were placed in my arms

I responded to Nature’s loud call

 

 

Though tiny in size

Your effect was so strong

My heart began leaping with joy

 

 

When we’d only just met

I was hooked by your charm

Drawn in by a love unalloyed

 

 

Now only weeks old

I gaze at your face

So perfect, so vulnerable too

 

 

I hug and I kiss

Look into your eyes

Desperately yearn to protect tiny you

 

 

What will you be like

As you blossom and grow

And you’re tossed in the turmoil of living?

 

 

Oh child of my child

I’ll be there if you call

With love always ready for giving