Whispered Wanderings

That old kitchen window
overlooking our backyard
must have some stories
to tell. Of nights watching us
chase and catch fireflies;
of autumn days overseeing
leaf-fort builds; of winter days,
school canceled, observing
the four of us build snowmen.

What tales you could tell
if we could only go there again,
together, to ask!

But time and our lives
have separated us;
togetherness now, just faces
on a computer screen. Still,
I’m thankful for technology:
a newer window through which
we watch each other’s
stories grow and change.
Siblings and friends, forever.

klm
6/16/24