Guiding Loving Relationships Early
I am always thinking of a Song
I'm always thinking of a song
For Anjani to sing
It will be about our lives together
It will be very light or very deep
But nothing in between
I will write the words
And she will write the melody
I won't be able to sing it
Because it will climb too high
She will sing it beautifully
And I'll correct her singing
And she'll correct my writing
Until it is better than beautiful
Then we'll listen to it
Not often
Not always together
But now and then
For the rest of our lives
To a Daughter leaving home
When I taught you at eight to ride
a bicycle, loping along beside you
as you wobbled away on two round wheels,
my own mouth rounding
in surprise when you pulled
ahead down the curved
path of the park,
I kept waiting for the thud
of your crash as I
sprinted to catch up,
while you grew
smaller, more breakable
with distance,
pumping, pumping
for your life, screaming with laughter,
the hair flapping
behind you like a
handkerchief waving
goodbye.