Another day goes past
Too fast
He's growing up a lot
Just two years old,
But holds
Many strings in my heart.
His distant giggles,
Stroppy cries
Make me smile,
When the day gets dry.
'Just a cousin'
Is what I've been told
'You mean nothing more to him
Than any other relative,
Young or old.'
But I know different
And I know better
He lights my life
Like a long awaited letter.
We share good times,
With laughs and cries.
He never goes home
With tears in his eyes.
This young child
Has a place in my heart
Where no others can dare be a part
Back in the past
He was treated with so much love
Now it seems that he's no younger
Than his older bruv
At the hospital all the time
Seeing the doctor time after time
'Under nutritional' is what they say
'Not enough vitamins for a lad of his age'
It scares me to hear them say
How much he is underweight
They are great parents
Don’t get me wrong
But making sure he eats regular meals
Surely can't take that long
But then are the nights of wine and cider
With the partying neighbours all around
But does anyone dare frown
On the way, my cousin is so down.
Withdrawn and moody
Is his new personality,
The child I class as dear,
Had disintegrated with no fear.
He keeps quiet, as if all alone
Ignores the familiar sounds around him,
In his own home
But I know deep down
Of his behaviour before
When he laughed, and giggled and cried
Like he was a healthy baby
That hadn't just died.
