Whispered Wanderings

Running hugs and gleeful shouts of Mommy!
Only in my memories now:
You’ve spread your wings and flown
as you were meant to do.

Those daily hugs and gleeful hellos
now reserved for another
and though I love her too,
my arms sometimes ache

because they can’t hug you
nearly as often as I’d like. Besides,
if you did a running hug today,
I’d likely fall and break a hip!

Yeah, there’s that. Time changes
everything, except for the love
of this mommy for her son:
it is boundless as the sky and will last
forever.

klm
10/24/24