Wednesday, June 17, 2009

TWW - wicked, arresting, rhythmic

Grandma, Unexpected

rhythmically rocking,
baby in arms,
enthralled
by curled fingers,
jelly bean toes,

arrestingly beautiful,
I imagine seeing
your mother
in you,
family nose,
puffy lips,

blue eyes,
who will you be,
old soul
or new,
will we

sing together,
walk to school,
bake cookies,
eat too much
candy, stay up

late while
mom and dad
go out,
I write this
to you

from far away,
before
you have ears
to hear me say
you are coming

to a good life,
to good people,
lucky baby,
nothing wicked
waits

10 comments:

  1. Sweet, very sweet. Does my heart good.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yeah, dead good! Jelly bean toes, wow!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Excellent imagery - tender and touching emotion!

    ReplyDelete
  4. sweet, there's something precious in these words, I especially like "jelly bean toes"

    ReplyDelete
  5. congratulations to you, kristy on the news of becoming a grandma. what a special poem this is. so well-written straight from the heart, i'm sure!

    ReplyDelete
  6. This is wonderful!! Congratulations on the new member of your family :-)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Congratulations! Whoah! How exciting for you. =) And what a great way to express your feelings..beautiful.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Loved this. So sweet, so cute.

    stolen from the air


    Please don't forget to post your creative works at Monday Poetry Train Revisited too!

    ReplyDelete