MomChildren (to Bean)

Away you are

With the few

You hold dearest

Lounging languidly now

Snacking on fruits

And sweet vegetables

A lake lays

Before you there

Forests and valleys

Enjoy your time

With those three

Miracles of yours

I know they

Make you happier

Than any other

Bathing (to Bean)

Your smile radiates

Like space heaters

On cold mornings

Quickly switched on

Throwing its heat

And enveloping me

Your deep brown

Slightly slanted eyes

Are like candles

In dark rooms

Drawing me closer

Your glow hovers

Like delicate halos

I shall not

Speak of bodies

For that I

Do not see

When upon you

I gaze bathing

Laughter (to Bean)

Your laughter peals

Like steeple bells

In some far

Off town reminding

Me of time

It sounds to

Me quiet like

Rain tapping the

Window and sometimes

As loud as

Rolling thunder across

Wheaten plains but

Mostly it’s those

Barely noticed giggles

That tickle me

Like snowflakes that

Alight on noses

AndEver (to Bean)

I have

But one

Regret and

That is

That I

Met you

Late and

Had already

Squandered much

Of my

Forever on

Whomever but

Whatever forever

That remains

Is your

Forever forever

And ever

Important (to Bean)

What is

Not important

Is how

Far you’ve

Come

What is

Very important

Is whom

You’ve touched

Along your

Way