a dream come true

. . . a key turns in the lock.
three sets of ears prick up:
one grey and furry,
one black and furry,
and one pink human pair.

. . . eight little furry feet are suddenly running

at speed

to investigate the noise.

. . . but one pink human pair of feet hesitate.

a little boy looks at his mummy . . .

for reassurance,

for confirmation.

his mummy whispers one word;

"daddy"

and the little boy's face lights up . . . 

and he is also off,

at speed,

on his two pink human feet,

following the way that the eight furry ones went.

. . . "Hello?"
a voice says through a crack
in the freshly unlocked door.

the toys that the little boy had been carrying

are dropped where he stands.

"daddy" the little boy says . . .

and he runs . . .  

in the direction of that first hello.

there is another "Hello"

but a different one.

a familiar one.

an I-know-you kind of one.

an it's-good-to-be-home kind of one.

a "hello" all wrapped up in love.

giggles erupt from the hallway.
. . . blind to it all,
the mummy smiles.

. . . she doesn't need to actually see it

because she can see it in her head.

she can hear the love in the hallway.

and she knows something special has happened . . .

a daddy dream has come true.

something that daddy has dreamed about

since before his beautiful boy was even a dollop.

daddy has been greeted at the door
as he returns home from work.
greeted with a smile
and a "daddy"
and a great big giggling cuddle.

. . . a dream has come true . . .

and as her boys come into the living room,

the mummy knows 

that her dreams have come true too.