The First Day

I gave you a wink and a smile

as you entered my room today.

For I know how hard it is to leave 

and know your child must stay.

You've been with him for five years 

                    now

and have been  a loving guide, 

but now, alas, the time has come

to leave him at my side.

Just know that as you drive away 

and tears down your cheeks may 

                     flow

I'll love him as I would my own 

and help him learn and grow.

So please put your mind at ease

and cry those tears no more 

for I will love him and take him in 

when you leave him at my door.