Can I Get Up?

As the shadows of the morning
slowly begin to lift

The silence is rewarded
with a tiny voice
offering a gift.

Can I get up....

Mom, Mom, can I get up?

At first just a statement
Growing into question

Mommy, can I get up?

Held closely to his bed
until words set him free.
One day in the not so distant future
he may not be so quick to obey.

Mommy, can I get up?

Rise little one and give life to this day.