Poetry, essay, and prose, oh my!
You were found
right before first position,
just for a while.
We brushed prayers out and up
for beauty not to be fleeting,
just for a while.
We rubbed our toes in your chalk
pictures on the driveway,
just for a while.
Our arms were extended,
flowing like a swan’s,
just for a while.
And we gathered you
under our wings,
just for a while,
because,
in a while
you will dance.
and she will dance! very nice poem, awesome photo! is that one you took?
No, I didn’t take it. A friend allowed me to use a picture of her daughter. The image was calling out…”Poem!”
Precious Jerry. Thank you!
My pleasure…
Beautiful — in all aspects!
first…your daughter is beautiful…and then…just love the verse…the protecting them to tender and help them learning to fly…loved the chalk part as well..
thanks claudia…not my daughter, but a friends. the image just called out…”poem”.
Oh, this makes me cry, so very touching… “just for a while” goes by so fast.
lovely man…this def is written with the heart of a parent to a child….and one day soon they will dance…heart felt man…
This has a real poignancy–one is very conscious here as in life that the “just for a while” is indeterminate–lovely poem – beautiful photo. K.
Captures the fleeting glimpse of childhood, and the hope of what the child might become and do. The picture is stunning in its simplicity. Excellent post!
Gerald the Writer 
Thanks for your time and thoughts.