Looking out my Kitchen Window

Looking out my kitchen window
Wishing for another day
another Captain Crunch and milk spilled
on the table; or peanut putter and jelly
smeared on the counter top

it’s gone in a blink of an eye
take a deep breath
Exhale-
It’ll be all over quicker than you realize
Faster than a speeding bullet

Take it all in mommy
forget those anger moments
Laugh and giggle in the middle
of a puddle of chocolate spilled milk
of sand-like sugar, salt, and pepper lying on the floor

Forget the time it takes to
clean up the mess
to wash hands and faces
just laugh and be in the moment of it all
It only last for a millisecond and then…it’s over.

They’re off to university, or homes of their own
to chase the dollar, and grow children and lives
it happens in the blink of an eye�"so quick
faster than a speeding bullet!
Catch this moment in your memory!

Reviews

[Mary Bosworth]

This is a beautiful write and I loved it

[Lyn Anderson]

I like this piece for a lot of reasons, however, I am not sure about the font colour, and I might consider taking out the exclamation point, but I am sure you have your own opinions about that, and poetic license always prevails.