Music

Tunes playing while we drive
Children laughing at play
Conversation with those close to our hearts
This is the soundtrack to my life


Mingled voices over spades and dominoes
Whispered strategey and loud protest
Spoons and spatulas against pots and pans
Clink of ice in glasses


Breezes blowing wind chimes
The radio in the back yard
Greetings and farewells as people come and go
This is the sweetest symphony of all.


It is the music of family
It is the melody of love

50th Post and Seventh BornDay for Eli!!

Throw some confetti and put on a party hat!! Eli turns 7 tomorrow! And this is the 50th post on this blog. Which is something of a miracle, considering there was a time in my past when I would rather take a beating than let anyone read my poetry!

So tonight's offering is dedicated to the theme of family and motherhood... different from my usual, but that's ok.

Once a physical part of me

still a literal part of me

of my soul, I watch as you grow.

You are a miracle of epic proportions.

The eyes that show what you feel when you feel it,

that give away when you get the joke,

Delight my soul and cause my heart to sing.

The voice so animated with your excitement

over bugs, and snails and rocks,

it's music to my ears.

You are the harmony to my very self.

You are the melody of my being.

You are my song and my son.

Numbers

When I was one,
It was easy to please me.
Now I am two,
Me the mama and you
My little man.
Answers that came easy,
accountable only to me,
Now escape me,
Because of you,
I am now two.
My first thought
what is right for us.
Don't think "me" much.
And that's how it should be...
Now, though, the two
are on the brink of three.
And is that right for two?
Proceeding slowly, we shall see.

June 9, 2009 5:52 PM

Originally posted on NaturallyAlise's blog Black Woman Lost & Found