Birthday Poem

A Grandmother's 56th Birthday Poem

For Kai Mykonos L. Fernandez

she is kai mykonos.
she is, is she?
my "gleam of sunshine"
on a day awash with falcon tears

henry wadsworth longfellow rued
while astride a horse on some
hill in the past too distant
to be searched, except through
sites like poemhunter.com,
there i searched & paused & halted & cried
bingo, kai, i found the words
that can fly to your side,
right by bibi elephant's side,
& dave the monkey's side before he can
sing "alley hoop hoop hoop
look at that caveman go!"

here's a lullaby from your booboo B
who works for thee, mamay kimi & country P
though they're not mine but the world's
these lines should sweep across
your laughter-full eyes.

god bless longfellow
god bless kai
god bless baptist john

now take your nap kai kai kai
mamay's gotta wash nappies
i gotta write a mile

think long, think fellow
think wads of paper full of worth
think henry & friendly
best yet, don't think at all

get lulled to sleep by longfellow
as it is nearly naptime
see you in a few kai kai kai

"Though thoughts, deep-rooted in my heart,
Like pine-trees dark and high,
Subdue the light of noon, and breathe
A low and ceaseless sigh;

This memory brightens o'er the past,
As when the sun, concealed
Behind some cloud that near us hangs
Shines on a distant field."

--Babeth Lolarga

June 24, 2011
2:05 p.m.