Still

You still give me joy

  not in big round fistfuls 

In gentle flowers

  sent with love

In songs of happiness

  in teasing through the door

In leaps and bounds

  of strength on the stage

Or towering high

  on those precious toes

In days of separation 

  with pleas of forgiveness

A hug given and

  I will love you always

You have always been

  the joy of my heart

Nothing you do changes 

  the fact you were planted there

There you have grown

  and there you will remain