the trusting babe…

 

 

Near

 

…close enough to feel my thumb

   in her searching grip,

close enough to share

   her apple breath,

close enough to cradle

   her weight across my arm,

and weep true love’s tears

   as she suddenly sleeps

      without a care…

 

August 27, 2021

 

I was walking around our kitchen, in early 2011, with my first granddaughter in my arms.

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