Timothy Ray Poet Free verse

So I Asked the Lad

so i asked the lad
he was at work with his mother
she manages a laundromat
where one may only need machines
but there is a service of clean and fold
for us single elderly gentlemen
what is your favorite candy bar
snickers he replied
and what flower is your favorite
hmmm.... i like roses
and when is your birthday
another answer fulfilled
now said i of those questions
what are your mother's answers
to such questions
he paused, soon lost in the brain
before i let his wandering within go on
i told him, well young man
let me impart something of value here
if you ever meet the woman
you dream of a life with forever
never fail to know these
it is how a woman knows
you truly love her
and always remember in life
it is the little things
that adds up to the greatest
leaving Lufkin, Texas i like to think
i made a small difference in the life
of a young man watching his mother
fold and prepare my clothes
but more so the lesson mom heard
her smile as i left

   OKC   9/22

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Susan Lawrence September 20, 2022 at 8:09 AM I love this Timothy..everything about it ! Such wisdom in the shadows of a few moments in time. The ending says it all. Your heart and intentions are beautiful in this poem. A fav.Blessings, Susan :)

Ilene Bauer September 19, 2022 at 12:34 PM you've told this story quite beautifully, timothy. it will stay with me...

Joseph P. DiMino September 19, 2022 at 11:15 AM Brilliant! No flowery language, just flowery, meaningful thought guided by experience combined with acquired intelligence. We all have this beautiful like capacity, most of us, but not enough of us partake. Sad, for to do so is not really that difficult, as you being honestly you (a brave trait) give such fine example, combining a feeling heart with a feeling loving soul. You get a Fav! from me. Great read.

Timothy Ray September 19, 2022 at 9:51 AM this grew out of a poem Suzanne Delaney sent me by Lindsay Laurie....that is how it works...the lines of a colleague often take us deeper into ourselves and as Sherlock Holmes says....the clue was always there we just needed the right circumstances to reveal it...and that is because we sojourn on the same path as one soul.... Suzanne Delaney September 20, 2022 at 6:39 PM Who knew I would inspire this simple memory. Knowledge inside that only need a simple spark to reignite it. The little things are the biggest treasures I so agree. Love it. Wisdom unfolds like a flower. SuZ