feeling of uneasiness before taking the big plunge
Trapped in meaningless whirling thoughts
Boundaries draped around the body
Unsaid words confined in laughing gear
Dread sentiment flowing in breadbasket
Trembling uncertainty waving inside the stump
Sealed in anticipation of a utopian epoch...
Our special child now perseveres to stand
wowing us along therapist's command
as I pray with faith*'s might
eyes closed midst nervous plight...
shame on me; doubting miracles' demand!
*Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
November 5, 2022
Carefully we planned for the big day
Oblique qualms and doubts drove me away
Moody and thoughtless insensitivity
Maudlin thoughts curbed the festivity
Onerous thoughts like small transmitters
Now revealed my flutters and flitters
Ashamed, you admitted you had the jitters
Laughingly we both had learned
Intimacy shared is intimacy earned
Treasuring our love, our life unknown
You and I, together we’ve grown.