If you can …We can!
Beth Shoshan illustrated by Petra Brown
I love you…
…I really do!
(Although my arms are just too small
and so I can’t quite cuddle you)
I hug you …
…you hug me
(And round
And round
We dance together,
Holding tight.
Don’t let me fall!)
I tickle you…
...you giggle too
(But not my toes…! NO!
Not my toes,
you know that’s when I’ll squeal the most!)
I make you laugh…
…you laugh with me
(There’s nothing in this world
can make us feel so good
as laughter can, as laughter does,
as laughter should)
I hold your hand…
…you hold mine tight
(Just feeling snug, secure and safe.
Just knowing you’ll protect me,
Care for me…
…be there)
I sing you songs…
…you sing them too
(Loud ones, soft ones,
make me laugh ones.
Love songs, sleeps songs,
safe and sound songs)
I tell you tales…
…you listen close
(Then tell me stories
Through the night…
Of mighty dragons,
gallant knights…
adventures made
to fill my mind )
I’m in your dreams…
…and you’re
in mine.
(The best dreams, safe dreams,
Sleep all night dreams.
My dreams, you dreams.
Always our dreams)
Let’s be friends forever, I say!
There for one another,
Looking out and taking care.
So…
Whatever you do…
and whatever I do…
Let’s do it…
…together!