What are they seeing
these magical eyes
so alive and so present
though just a month out
of our daughter's womb
they gaze into mine
as if taking me in
more deeply than even
my friends or my son
or even my wife
and I know that it can't
be true but her gaze
is dark and deep
as the nighttime sky
and full of the wonder
of one who is seeing the world
for the very first time
which of course
is the simple truth