So tiny yet large of life, Curious seeker, You loved, Purely. Quietly without complaint Retreated inward Slipping away, Slowly. Between wake and sleep, I felt you bound-free from half life to after, Joyfully. Your tiny stillness remained, an empty shell left for us, to bid farewell, And remember. “Insight; our pets find our softest spots …
Tag: Memory Lane
Tent
Ten almost Eleven, you asked to be a Scout Den to Tent, growing explorer wanted out When you went, you grew braver without Me. You need me, differently. “Brief: 366/2020 project, prompt ‘Tent’
Waves
You were the boy That waves at trains. Saddened by every farewell. “Brief: 366/2020 project, prompt ‘Waves’
Box
Corrugated catalyst to your imagination, Empty boxes filled your boyhood days, Perfect props for endless ad-lib plays. You rocketed me to see the Earth from Mars Added paper plate wheels for day trips in your car With kitchen-roll canons we took your tank to battle Against the evil robox we defended our silver-foil castle You …
Note
Tidy fingers folded firmly, The tiny note penned perfectly, In delicate metallic writing, Minute, so fairies could read. Tidy fingers hid carefully Those tiny folded tales beneath tightly budded peony, Magenta hid in green. Tidy fingers waited patiently, For dawn to start the search, To find joy in a tiny reply, Fairy-folded, hid deep in …
Spy
You made me meet you each morning, ‘I need a running friend’ you lied, No coincidence the route you chose Ran passed our teacher’s house. Two young spies, poorly disguised As ‘keeping fit’ before sunrise, So you could catch a secret glimpse And nurse it in your mind. I, the unwitting companion to your teenage …
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