Forgottens Remembered

she liltingly spun smiling and singing "You are my sunshine" waving for us to join in the pan dripped dancing tears on the hot black stove where they sizzled and died "My only sunshine" with a quick hug her apron splattered with a thickening marinara - summer's proud yield the kitchen...was there another room? dried curled wall paper near the stovepipe exposed the decor carriages and princes of yesterday Mom's childhood "You make me happy" the old black spaniel curled in the middle nothing moving but eyes wary of being tripped upon yet worth the risk and perhaps a dropped meatball reward "When skies are gray" Worn linoleum exposed paths of time the oak threshold proof of welcomes and farewells not really noticed by we in our comfort of "now" not thinking about our sunshine being gone "You'll never know dear how much I love you" with a smile...always remembered