Sunday, February 19, 2012

{a brother memory}

He's dirty and muddy and has ripped shorts and mismatched shoes, the crocs too large and words too old for seven years…and it has rained puddles into the ground. 
And I have lists that won't wait and goal deadlines penned to Time and self-imposed perfectionism and mud-free clothes...
And he's puddle hopping, and wants me to too.
 Sweet smiles with shoes squelching mud and imprinting memories on Time's face. It doesn't matter that the the rain lull is brief and lists must wait and he can't clear some puddles and water will splash, because mud-wet clothes will wash and lists will lengthen and more rains always come.
So we hop puddles. And I shorten my strides and he stretches his, because we're holding hands and soon he'll be all grown up, and baby brother hands will be man-hands that help me.  And we step footprints in the mud, and engrave memories into Time forever, because though the days drag the years fly and memories are treasures. 
And so together we hop puddles…

{a brother memory}

He's dirty and muddy and has ripped shorts and mismatched shoes, the crocs too large and words too old for seven years…and it has rained puddles into the ground. 
And I have lists that won't wait and goal deadlines penned to Time and self-imposed perfectionism and mud-free clothes...
And he's puddle hopping, and wants me to too.
 Sweet smiles with shoes squelching mud and imprinting memories on Time's face. It doesn't matter that the the rain lull is brief and lists must wait and he can't clear some puddles and water will splash, because mud-wet clothes will wash and lists will lengthen and more rains always come.
So we hop puddles. And I shorten my strides and he stretches his, because we're holding hands and soon he'll be all grown up, and baby brother hands will be man-hands that help me.  And we step footprints in the mud, and engrave memories into Time forever, because though the days drag the years fly and memories are treasures. 
And so together we hop puddles…

 

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