Baby Let’s Swing

When she was born, a small helpless child
She couldn’t even do one thing
But grandpa was there, his presence so mild
To help her sleep the baby would swing

The gentle movement put her right fast asleep
Her dreams surely then took their wing
Instead of the practice of counting the sheep
All it took was the baby to swing

As the baby grew up, the swing was her friend
As the winter turned to a warm spring
A playground was found, and time they would spend
Having fun and the baby would swing

At first just a push, a light gentle touch
Then the heights she was not even fearing
Her little legs pumped, but no movement as such
But boy could that baby now swing

A baby no more, but now a young girl
She continued without wearying
Her legs took her higher, unfold and then curl
O’er the top of the bar she would swing

Then all of a sudden, she gave up the play
And no longer her legs were a pumping
Grandpa was sad when she moved away
That the little girl now wouldn’t swing

The years passed them by, play was no more
Then grandpa heard the doorbell ring
The baby was grown, was no longer four
But she told him, grandpa let’s swing

Roger D. Linder: FAWM 2014
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