taking time

so much time
demanded by
“necessary” things
like work
like cleaning the house
like taking care of the yard
never time for
family
daughter
wife

unless

time is taken
deliberately
consciously
taken from the “necessities”
taken for the important
people

an afternoon at the park
the gabble, gabble, honk of
geese
blending and mixing with
the laughter and shouts of
playing children

wife and husband
sitting in the shade
reading, watching, listening
mother and father
playing with child
holding hands
buying ice cream from a truck
and making a memory

the important takes precedence
over
the necessary


©2009-Art Belliveau

05/15/09

I AM

I am a caring teacher and loving father
I wonder about the world today’s kids will inherit
I hear doomcriers and naysayers
I see opportunutues ahead disguised challanges
I want their world to be better than this one
I am a caring teacher and loving father

I pretend that I can make a positive impact on the world
I feel that is the first step towards doing so
I touch the future
I worry that I do not do enough
I cry for the needlessly dead and dying children
I am a caring teacher and loving father

I understand that the struggle never stops
I say that means there is always a chance to improve
I dream that the world will eventually be healed
I try to do my part in that healing
I hope the younger ones will carry on the fight
I am a caring teacher and loving father