Happy Birthday Valencita

nursing at my breast
twenty-seven years ago
my sweet baby girl

big yellow buses
slowly moving down the street
back to school monday

cosmography
lessons learned so long ago
invalidated
planetary revamping
pluto did not fit the mold

secreted somewhere
trembling drops and petrichor
enchanted garden

chimes softly singing
foliage dancing in the wind
promises of fall

cool breeze caressing
solitary cricket sings
farewell to ebbing season

while he is away
i sit quietly and watch
sturgeon moon rising

sturgeon moon rising
coloring blue velvet night
pale gold and dreamy

pale gold and dreamy
full green corn moon watches me
while he is away

Quietly talking
While she cooks all sort of foods
Commenting their lives
My Robert and his mother
Spending Saturday night

waiting for autumn
my sweaters are restless
inside that drawer

water queue
maximizing resources
awaiting their turn

one perfect star
endless skies of satin blue
gold and peach lights west

brown orphan leaf
gently resting on grass
people rush past