I was, am, will always be there for you

I've seen you
I still see you, child
I had you once inside my palms
the wrinkles inside my hand covered your newly
soft small body
I was the first one there when you took your first breath
You were covered in blood
My chest inhaled, eyebrows went up in astonishment
a smile was brought upon my face
as I heard your first cry of many
I removed the birth stains with clean towels
left you taintless, new
I held you, rocked you
yet you still hadn't opened your eyes up to me
It wasn't till you realized that I wasn't going anywhere
that I saw your big blue eyes
I saw you look at me for the first time
and it warmth my heart
It jumped out of joy
at the knowing that after all this time
you decided to open up to me.
When you looked at me,
you realized I had been there,
had always been there.
Since birth I held you in my hands
saw the first time you were able to stand on earth
and also saw how those small feet
that later turned into independent ones
walked away from me.
My child,
I've seen you,
and I still see you.
Let me hold you,
and trust that what I say I mean
I never left you
It was you who turned around
who left me in the rocking chair
holding the essence of you
I've never lied to you,
You are beautiful, my child
but don't keep walking away from me
when you haven't opened up your eyes to me just yet
when your eyes haven't met mine.
Don't keep walking away from me
Let me see those beautiful eyes
let me hold you in my palms once again
Let me...