Kiss His Forehead

If I'm beyond your door

I'll wait for his first cry

My hands keep folding tiny clothes

For a child I may not know

You stand between goodbye

and morning

Trying to be brave for two

When the room goes quiet,

son

Let my love come through you

When the nurse says here he is

And your heart breaks open wide

Tell him there was someone waiting

With forever in her eyes

Kiss his forehead for me

Hold him close against your chest

Say your mama loved him early Before he ever took a breath

If tears fall on his blanket

Let them bless what comes next

Save the stories in your pocket

The crooked ones, the kitchen light

Tell him how I sang through winter

How I fought to see this night

If he reaches for the ceiling

Lift him higher in my name

Grief is not the end of love

It's love with nowhere to lay down

But place him in your arms,

my son

And I will be found

Kiss his forehead for me

Hold him close when morning starts

Say I crossed the distance gently To leave my warmth inside your

heart

Kiss his forehead for me

When he opens up his eyes

Let the choir carry both our names One for

farewell, one for

life

Meet him for me,

darling

When the spring comes home

Tell him I was waiting Tell him he is known

Kiss his forehead for

me