Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Risk 2 Draft #2







my grandfather lays on the couch
a benign Mr Toad after a full lunch
hands supporting his round clasped below his belly

watching sunbeams play 
in the space between us

I stand, face frozen in a smile
(he calls me His Smiley),
that becomes painful to hold
yet I am fearful of it slipping
fearful of him
forgetting he will forget me
without its reminder

he recites Wordsworth
in the burr of his mother country
I fall into the thrall of his words stars

that twinkle on milky way

I sing, You are my Sunshine
(too young to know yet to learn I can't carry a tune)
his moustache bristles into a smile,
his eyes laugh, 
wrinkles 
radiating as sparkling waves
  
before resuming his verse

where his heart dances
and my smile relaxes 
into its rightful place

1 comment:

  1. Very nice, It's good to see the way you work the verses until happy with them.

    It's a good lesson to all of us who want to write anything.

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