When I am Ready

When I am ready

When I am ready, I will smile.
You'll have to wait a little while.
It's one of the first things i learn to do,
I want it to be just right for you.

When I am ready I will sleep through.
There may be small things that you can do
To help me do it. But you'll soon see,
That in the end it's up to me.

When I am ready I will crawl.
And then you will have no peace at all.
Into everything I will be,
No time for your nice cup of tea.

When I am ready I will walk.
And when I am ready I will talk.
Then that's it, big milestones done.
(Though you will still cherish ones to come)

Was I really as small as that?
Helpless and tiny in booties and hat?
And much as you tried to enjoy each part,
There was that wish inside your heart.

Will you ever get there you used to say?
As you wished my babyhood away.
The others are doing it why aren’t you?
Because it's not my time - if only you knew.

That all that worry was a waste of time.
The decision of when was always mine.
I did it in the end, nice and steady.
I told you I would do it when I was ready!!