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1,000 Kisses a Day

Writer's picture: jessica bowersjessica bowers

Updated: Jan 21

I wrote this poem for my daughter when she was just a few months old. I was driving home from work and called my husband to let him know I had to stop and write it. I sat in a Bonefish Grill, wrote it, drove home to kiss her, and was somehow still unbothered by time. As if I had no idea how fast I would arrive at my own foreshadowing.




Scared, unsure

While you were inside

Until that very moment, with Daddy right beside.

1,000 kisses a day, as soon as we saw you

 

On the top of your head

The tip of your toes

Ears, cheeks, your precious little nose

1,000 kisses a day, all over you

 

While you were asleep

Right when you awake

After every bath you take

1,000 kisses a day, the whole day through

 

41 times an hour

No time for shopping,

Working, or a shower

1,000 kisses a day, is all I want to do

 

To talk or eat

Are what lips are for

Not now, but at least before

1,000 kisses a day, to no one until you

 

As you age and grow

My affection

You won’t let me show

1,000 kisses a day, I’ll long to give to you

 

I will learn to make due, I guess

But until that time,

There will be nothing less

1,000 kisses a day, to show my love for you.


-This entry is included in my new book "Wake Up; It's Time to Go to Life", now available on Amazon

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