Tender Traci

1999 COPYRIGHT
BY PETER CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND
(FOR GREG CHALMERS & HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER ERICA)

HER PAJAMAS ARE LEMON YELLOW
SHE GRINS KNOWINGLY 'CAUSE I PROMISED HER JELLO
FACE HALF HIDDEN BEHIND HER COVERS
AN ONLY GIRL WITH FOUR OLDER BROTHERS
SHE WETS HER LIPS AND FEIGNS SUPRISE
I KNOW SHE'S WISE AND IT'S JUST A DISGUISE
YES SOMETIMES SHE WHINES AND BEGS
AND AT TIMES I CAN'T PRY HER FROM MY LEGS
RIGHT ON MY CHEST SHE'S BEEN KNOWN TO REST
I THINK SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S MY PRINCESS
I'M SURE IT'S THAT GAZE THAT ENTICES
DAYS PLAYING CRAYONS WITH HER ARE PRICELESS
SHE KNOWS I WON'T STAND FOR A CHILDISH DISPLAY
I'M PROUD OF MY SWEETHEART WHEN SHE OBEYS
I CALL HER 'LEMON JOY' AND SHE STARTS TO POUT
BUT SHE KNOWS I KNOW WHAT SHE'S ALL ABOUT
HER LITTLE FACE DRIPPING WITH MILK BEAMS ENDEARINGLY
DIFFUSING MY SORROWS WHEN SHE'S HUGGING ME
I CAN BE BITTER WHEN I'M HURT OR BERRATED
BUT A CHILD'S SOFT HEART HARBORS NO HATRED
DISPENSING THEIR LOVE IN EACH GENEROUS TOKEN
YET THEIR TENDER HEARTS ARE EASILY BROKEN
IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE TO CRUSH SOMETHING SO PURE
THE GRACE IN HER EYES MUST NOT BE IGNORED