Before getting up I look
how you are still asleep and almost
not breathing, gently
I touch you, enfold you
in my hands and then
I take you with me
we wake the children
have breakfast, kiss, and wave
watch them all the way
With a friend I weigh
our lives with everyone
taste what is sweet and sour
between the words we always
have to tell each other more
than a week
the children are growing
it all passes
while it stays with us
May 26, 2019
May 26, 2019 at 3:36 AM UTC
Before getting up I look
how you are still asleep and almost
not breathing, gently
I touch you, enfold you
in my hands and then
I take you with me
we wake the children
have breakfast, kiss, and wave
watch them all the way
With a friend I weigh
our lives with everyone
taste what is sweet and sour
between the words we always
have to tell each other more
than a week
the children are growing
it all passes
while it stays with us
Collection "Heart's Delight"
