birthday
poems for Butones Fernandez & Bianca Ysabel Susi
written to Mahler's Adagietto from his 5th
Symphony in C sharp minor
march marches out
with a loud stomping
of the pachyderm's feet
the wails of the mournful
the lifting of night
welcome now
the hours of morning
the promise of ice cream
a stifled
scream over
a child's mess
an outburst of giggles
echoing through a
valley of green
welcome now
the perplexed look on
a little one
while new shoes in
the hue of tenderness
are fitted on her
for her first step
followed by two
three four
a hundred a
thousand
as calendar pages
are cast off
welcome now
the harp the
violins
that sear the heart
as white lilies
turn purplish
in the easter
sun
--Babeth
Lolarga
Photos of Bianca and Butones by Gigi Lolarga and Kimi Fernandez
1 comment:
Ah, the babies are growing up so fast!
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