Poppy !

In her Daddy's arms she walked,

Like the autumn breeze on thirsty shores.

Time stood still as my heart thumped-

Of a sudden known feeling long suffused.

It was -

Love at first sight?

The big eyes looked around,

Scared and wondrous-

Silently and broodingly she surveyed,

The sunny pad- 

Then crept on to her Daddy's lap,

Not able to articulate all that engulfed

Her little heart.

Her baby fingers gripped the known-

But firmly ignoring the touch of the unknown.

Daddy seemed her biggest shelter,

The only friend she could turn to.

Watching her,

My heart swelled with all that

Joy can shade!

Was it possible,

My mind echoed as it reeled-

This odd deja-vu?

Dear Poppy soon found her feet,

And took her fearless 3 feet self,
All around the Sunny flat.

She found the big yellow dog with floppy ears,

In that moment,

I further found conviction-

Of who she was and who I was too!

She asked with her soulful eyes-

Looming large in ponderance,

Illumined by her imaginings-

"Is the doggy sleeping?"

I knew then,

About the heart of gold,

This little angel had.

And she looked on at me-

Courage ringing her intrigued eyes,

She slowly let her guards down-

As she knew, that she could connect too!

Poppy is the Queen of Hearts-

She reigned supreme always.

Her sunny smile had always tugged my heartstrings-

In this life too-

She's no less a miracle.

My little bundle of joy-

Born to people who do not

Seem to see her -

Little Poppy, has miles to go,

And she would-

Her eyes 

Reflecting her soul!