Leo is his name

Leo

Lion is his name,

Life’s strong golden caress,

Strength before the flame,

Created out of loves happiness.

 

Before he was whole they called him blue,

A teddy rescued from the grave,

But he is of a golden hew,

A Leone bold and brave.

 

I knew him long before he was on Earth,

A long-long time away,

Saw him in his mother’s search,

Of times hazardous and grey.

 

I heard him in his father’s voice,

A mellow kind of stew,

Of honesty earnesty and coarse,

Sounds of life beginning anew.

 

I held him gently to my heart,

Trying to find words to say,

They all seemed so small and tart,

I failed and then I turned away.

 

For how does one explain?

About a life so new,

A miracle born from life’s pain,

A golden shaft of dew.

 

 

Leo Hawker Condliffe Prowse

Born 10/9/2013

7Lb.3oz

52cm

Mother Alison Condliffe

Father James Prowse

 

 

 

 

Inspired by and in thanks for the birth of Leo my eighth Grandchild.