… on new lights (not so simple)
May 06, 2016
This light’s not mine
This light is new
The old one broke
(By you know who).
A ball kicked high
A ball kicked low
Some kicked in rain
Some kicked in snow.
WHACK! on the wall
POW! on the door
SWOOSH! in a bush
CRASH! (one light more).
From here to there
I still can see
Five year old him
Staring at me
Glass all around
A light askew
“I’m PRAC-tiss-in!”
So we made do.
Some duct tape here
There a new screw
Straighten and prop
We’ll wait for ‘new’.
“When he’s done school”
“When he moves out”
“Some day far off”
but...
time flies (no doubt).
Prac-tiss-in’ boy
A young man now
His life, my dreams
Happened, somehow.
And so this day
Three new lights shine
On roads ahead
His, ours… and mine.
Thanks for readin’.
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