THEY GROW SO FAST AND THAT PHRASE SEEMS BOTH SO TOTALLY TRUE

THEY GROW SO FAST AND THAT PHRASE SEEMS BOTH SO TOTALLY TRUE AND SO TOTALLY FALSE AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OF IT NOTHING SEEMS FAST AT ALL. A MEAL CAN TAKE AN ETERNITY. A SLEEPLESS NIGHT A LIFETIME. AND YET EVERYONE SAYS SO. AND SO I WANT TO HOLD HIM IN MY ARMS A LITTLE LONGER TODAY, BECAUSE ALREADY MY BABY IS GONE. ALREADY THERE IS A LITTLE BOY IN HIS PLACE. AND ONE DAY NOT TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE AN OLDER BOY IN HIS PLACE, AND THEN A TEENAGER, AND THEN A YOUNG MAN.