For Ben

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Little Boy when you speak

I can't help but kiss your cheeks

I love the way you grab my hands and tell me all about your plans


Rocket high comets fly you and I could hitch a ride

And fly away to Never Land, give our best to Peter Pan.

When you reach for the stars don't forget who you are,

And please don't turn around and grow up way too fast.

See the sand in my grasp from the first to the last

every grain becomes a memory of the past.

Oh Life's an hourglass

Life's an hourglass.

Stories read prayer is said,

Close your eyes sleepy head

While angels linger in your dreams, and hold you in their feathered wings.

Just like you I was small not that long ago at all.

I wish you all the happiness that God gives freely if you ask.

When you reach for the stars don't forget who you are,

And please don't turn around and grow up way too fast.

See the sand in my grasp from the first to the last

every grain becomes a memory of the past.

Oh Life's an hourglass

Life's an hourglass

Life's an hourglass.

Happy Birthday Ben! We love you Sweet Boy!

"Hourglass" by Mindy Gledhill