Molly Is Dressed for Big Bossy Floor Weather!

My Big Bossy Floor Weather!©

I Am Baby. I am new.
   My very life depends on you
to keep me safe,
   to keep me warm,
to respect the biology
   of a newly born.

Yet to play, you put me on the floor
   where the temperature is colder
than where you were holding me
   only a moment before!

I know you respect me.
   I am sure of your love.
But I’m cold here below
   while you are warm up above!

Did you forget
   that heat rises?
Did you forget
   that I’m small?
Did you forget
   to dress me for the weather
on the floor
   when I crawl?

You can count it in Celsius
   or in Fahrenheit,
But my blood will get cold
   if I’m not dressed just right

to play on the floor
   even though on a quilt
or on a blanket or on carpet.
   This is not about guilt.

It’s about checking my legs.
   It's about checking my feet.
It's about removing
   your socks and shoes to know
that down here there’s no heat!

Copyright 2012

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