The Note

His parents out to dinner,
Henry got a little sad.
He wanted to be tucked in bed
By no one but his dad.

To comfort him, I had a thought –
A message I would write
To tell his dad, when he got home,
To kiss his boy good night.

But Henry said, “No, Nana;
By myself I’ll write the note!”
With spelling help and neatly printed,
This is what he wrote:

“Daddy, please come snuggle me,”
And then he signed his name.
I promised that his father
Wouldn’t miss it when he came.

He drifted off; his dad lit up
When reading Henry’s plea.
He followed through, though Henry slept,
But wouldn’t you agree…

How sweet and touching is this tale?
For children, as they grow,
Expand the possibilities
Of how their love may show.