spanning all ages and
relationships and friendships make
today a beautiful day
kids saying things they don't intend to be funny but
instead are meant to celebrate the joys they have found like
the smell of smelly markers or an epic spaceship out of legos and
make me admire their purity
a deep breath to calm nerves rubbed the wrong way while
knowing this, too, is a teachable moment for
both of us and
i hope i don't mess it up and
pray for the wisdom, strength, but mostly
the guidance to
make the most of it
the flowers i was sure were dead and
had tossed in the trash but
were plucked out and saved by
a patient, more knowledgeable soul who
warmed them, loved them, coaxed some life out and
some hope lingers there yet
and just when i thought for sure they are ready to
leave and never come back because
that's perhaps how i feel too they
start to swarm and
arms encircle me
love surrounds me and
warm my heart and
reassure me
this is my place
because five and six are forgiving, forgetful ages
and untainted by silly adult anxieties
he's nearly tripping over himself as
he wags his nubbin of a tail while
trying to jump on me all at once when
he's free of his gated kitchen corral
and he sits in the seat next to me for
the whole 3 minutes it takes to drive
back to school for the forgotten but
he licks my hand the whole way to say
hey, it's okay. i still love you.
the words pouring out from the
mind to the pen to the paper to
clear the swirling thoughts because
once they are trapped in ink there is
no going back to clog this mind and
i'm renewed.
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