I’m sitting on the front porch steps. Blue is happily belly in the grass. The night is quiet, other than crickets and some faraway traffic sounds. There is a light breeze. Fireflies blinking. I want to stay in this moment. I’m lingering as long as I can. [9:00pm]
July 10, 2016
last night was for fireflies
the first ones of the year
this mornin’ is for pink clouds
and a crescent moon
still hangin’ in the sky
fireflies remind me
of my childhood summers
pink clouds are for my grandma
she painted some on canvas
and the teacher said,
“There is no such thing.”
Grandma wouldn’t budge
knew she was right
as she’d seen pink clouds
from atop the bluff
time and time again
so while I’m not a pink girl
I love pink cloud mornings
and greet them with a grin
as memories of my grandma
fill me up within
baby mine
I love you so
my daughter
mine to raise
alone
just you and me
out in the world
we’ll dance in the rain
splash in puddles
and jump in leaf piles
in the fall
we’ll throw snowballs
make snowmen
and swing so high
on the swings
in the park
we’ll pick bouquets
in Grandma’s garden
chase butterflies
by day
and fireflies
by night
laying in a hammock
we’ll watch the clouds
move across
the summer sky
we’ll laugh
skip
and fill one another up
with joy
I’m smiling as I write
this poem for you
my daughter
about to be born
due one month from today
these promises
I make to you
we will go adventuring
I will be there
always
loving you
my firstborn
child of whimsy,
romance, laughter and love
Ella Bella will you be
now and forevermore
© 2011 Turquoise Tangles
jayarrarr’s story about Ella Bella:
http://jayarrarr.tumblr.com/post/13708111427/ella-bella
jayarrarr’s Ella Bella Poem Challenge:
http://jayarrarr.tumblr.com/post/13709329881/ella-bella-challenge
Turquoise Tangles 