where that day took us

where that day took us
blink and three years since
seems like a few minutes
near the flower section of the store
remember I didn't even know you then
wanted you to notice me
you did and became that cool breeze
that changed my life
every time I blink my love grows
three years ago we had no idea
we would be here today
so strong standing against all
challenges that might surface
rise up and prevail growing
stronger together with every blink
like the new born in the house
learning to be here with not
a thought on what's to come
firmly focused on each moment
appreciating every smile
as if it were her first
or the first smile when I lifted my hat
near some flowers
revealing that eye connection
born in that moment
no one, nothing else mattered
nothing ever will in comparison
to where that day took us to
today and the wish that the memory
will never fade like photos or sunsets
revisited in the mind
realization comes to light
meeting you falling in love with you
the amazing sunrise of my life
every blink of this eye
makes the shine shared brighter...

he is present

the number 33
revisits me nearly everyday
it's my grandfather's way
of letting me know he is present
that and the pennies
found all the time anywhere

he always stopped
to pick up change
and in so many ways
that became the story of his life
dramatically changing
as he would have never imagined
the known and learned became
unknown and foreign
nearly everything forgotten

the number thirty-three
in change left at his grave
nine years now put there
by one of us who knows
he still visits our lives
ironically I can't remember
who put it there
ice skating on a pond
in East Bridgewater
comes to mind a lot
as do the spots in the old house
where I could feel him the most

never fails though
whenever some time passes
between thoughts of grampy bob
the number 33 will appear repeatedly
until I recognize it is
somehow the way he
keeps in contact with me...