Kiva’s Birthday Poem 5/21/20
The first grandchild is a wonderful creature…
Unique and exciting – there’s no second feature –
No firm expectation that there might be more…
And impossible that one would also adore
Another with some sort of equal devotion…
As if we’d equate some small pond to the ocean
Of love that you felt for that dear little face,
When first it arrived and took up its right place
In the core of your heart, in the crook of your arms,
Rosebud for a smile, eyes of infinite charm.
Of course, later on there were others…..such fun!
But, never again could there be Number One!
So…on this occasion, I’d like to observe
That the same little cheek with its soft little curve…
Those eyes so expressive, though slightly myopic…
That marvelous mind full of mystical topics
Still stuns me with endless and measureless awe
As it did the first day that I held her and saw
The souls of my ancestors looking at me,
And I thought, “Little Darling….now who will you be?”
The answer of just who it was I was holding
Has been for years and continues unfolding…
She’s completely Herself…she is Little M’Dear…
And I am so glad that she landed right here…
A wonder that rivals the stars, moon and sun…
Unique to the planet….and my Number One!
Written just for K.M.
By the QOE…
AKA Nana Marie