poem/The Green Gift

The Green Gift

(for my son)

 

sweet boy who wouldn't nap,

looking into your eyes

one cannot but speak the truth.

you broke my heart one day.

 

this sick, tired mother of yours,

took a moment's rest

on an ugly, brown sofa

closed her eyes,

but did not sleep.

 

to your toddler eyes

mommy was dreaming.

so away you went,

every footstep heard and counted.

upon your return, you brought a gift.

 

ever so quietly and gently,

you covered this body

in a blanket of green.

child offering of comfort and love.

she knew then, you would feel

the pain of the world.

but there would be no green blanket

for comfort.

 

sweet boy who wouldn't nap,

looking into your eyes

one cannot but speak the truth.

you broke my heart that day.