poem i wrote for my nephew Ryan

i wanted to write today but i could only seem to come up with some more personal stuff that i chose to put into my paper journal and not here for all the world to read. so i decided to post this poem i wrote early this year for my nephew, but only gave to him this past Christmas. Here is a pic of him with his dad

Ryan

how much has changed since before you came

I lived different lifetimes and became

different people over a matter of years

where were you existing back before then?

when now you are here and I can behold you

and your spirit resides in this small round body

your eyes asking questions of reality

and in a moment, a lifetime of thoughts can go by

without your knowledge-

all you know is how to exist, to dream, to sleep, to eat

wish I could know how your thoughts are composed.

what desires occupy your little heart

what sensations are pleasing to your skin

what your little eyes delight in beholding

part of your blood is mine and yet

so much of life has passed us by

who will we be when you're old enough to know me?

how will you ever know the person I am today?

when will you be able to know how I love you?

you are innocence but also all-knowing

and the world comes together in each breath you take.