No matter how I feel physically
My smile sparkles naturally while
My eyes feast on Will’s good fortune and mine to see
Our three sons gathered round our patio table
Laughing and reminiscing, together, just
Beyond the pane of floor to ceiling glass that
Can do nothing to separate our happy hearts.
And with three playmates at her beck and call
Ravi’s blond, bronzed, blue-eyed
Laughter peals forth clear as a bell
Come Tuesday, this five year old water sprite is
Sure to miss the loving, playful attentiveness of
Her doting uncles—deeply—since
A young child’s sense of awareness truly
Lives in the here and now
And having been quarantined for months with
More to come, cannot be easy for a child as
Naturally socially outgoing as Ravi had
Proved to be before Covid 19 closed
Her away from the outside world like
Rapunzel with the exception of
Playing with daddy in her back yard pool
Front yard and on our patio where
Covid19 is banned
Will and I slept past 10:30, this morning
Barry and David arrived at 12:30
By 2:30 bed craving overcame me
So off they went to swim with our water sprite while
I napped for four hours so as to enjoy dinner ala family style
Once our three guys and Ravi return to our patio where
Will and I will enjoy their company from our side of the Arcadia door
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