For my sons

One for the books

Or at least

The book

Write about your kids

She says

I try

To write about my sons

As if they aren’t the sun

The air in which I breathe

The reason I didn’t leave

This earth

The reason I grow

The more I look

The less I know

They teach me how to be

A better me

I am a guide

To this thing we call life

I teach them how to love

And about God above

Or rather

God all around

Even in the ground

The things my father taught me

And even more

My take on life

New themes explored

Now look here child

I’ll teach you how to smile

The things I do with you now

You’ll do with your own child

Without thinking

I love you thissssss much

Pssst

I love you

Guess what

I love you

I can’t ever say it enough

I’ll say it with my last breath

I love you

I love you Sullivan

I love you Oliver

I love you Malachi

You light up my life

You erase the strife

And make everything alright

Not that it’s your job

It’s just an innate fact

In your very existence

Pure joy and laughs

Obviously,

There’s tears too

And that’s quite alright

In fact

If you need to cry,

Please do

Feel the emotion

And let it flow

Don’t stuff it down

That'll weigh on your soul

Trust me, mommy knows

It gets real heavy

And makes progress

Very slow

So just feel it

Move on

To the next smile

The next laugh

To the next things

That aren’t so bad

Because they will always come

Whether you believe they will

Or not

Happiness is not

Some light at the end of the tunnel

I learned early on

It comes and goes

It’s fluid like the ocean

With waves that wash over you

It moves like currents

Appreciate the good

And the bad

Be grateful to feel at all

I have felt the void

I have been lost

I hope you learn from mommy’s mistakes

That I can impart my wisdom

Along the way

I don’t know it all

I don’t even wish that I did

Anyways

I just wanted to drop a line

To tell you that everything

Will be just fine

As long as you can laugh

Because

Humor is important to have