Exceeding Expectations
I’m not all that you hoped for
at all what you dreamed
a little less than expected
or different it seems
I took my time to
reach
milestones
it took some time to
teach
milestones
I’ll probably never get a handle on speech
but
I know that you know in your heart that I know almost every word that’s been spoken around me
the things that I know spin around in my mind and they bustle and bump
and rustle and grind
then they settle and nestle, relax and unwind
till finally
it
all
makes
sense
I’ll never play rugby or cricket or hookey
I’ll not dry the dishes
or mow lawns while you watch
from a hammock with a beer thinking
‘That’s my boy!’
not the same that you hoped for
not the same as you dreamed
but I know that you know I’m much more than it seems
I’ve exceeded your hopes
and you
have exceeded
mine
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