The Swing
Dedicated to Grammie

back and forth,
back and forth.
rocking gently,
swinging.
Grammie telling
stories of childhood.
She lived next door.
In the big,
brick-chimney house.
"Mother's nose is best"
she recalls.
giggling
birds chirping
in the summer
like tea kettles
whistling for
afternoon tea.
Goldie is purring
as he watches
the birds
sing their sweet songs.
I pet Goldie.
purring.
laughing.
chirping.
Don't ever forget
this moment.
Drifting off
to slumberland
as the swing creaks.
back and forth,
back and forth.
rocking gently,
swinging.

©2000, M.V.H.