I Never Knew

I never knew wonder until I first saw your face, 
I never knew warmth until your first sweet embrace.

I never knew happiness until your first smiles

I never knew worry and pacing for miles.

I never knew joy until I first heard you laugh

I never knew soaked until that one silly bath.

I never knew hope for this tired, old, earth,
I never knew service until the day of your birth.

I never knew music until your first baby babble, 
I never knew grace, yet on legs so unstable.

I never knew skin as soft as goose down,

I never knew family was a verb not a noun.

I never knew my life would be such a whirl, 
I never knew love 'till I knew baby girl.