This week, in our homeschooling lessons, we’ve been studying poetry.  I had the pleasure of introducing my son to this simplistic style of Japanese verse.  My sister happened to call in mid-lesson.  Lots of giggles.  Seriously, 17 syllables and no rhyming?

To prove that I could still hold my own, some 40 years after penning my last, I created this for her.  I will now share with the class – “Road Warrior for Sue” …

The road stretches forth

Love is beckoning to me

Tiny hands, fierce hugs

She gets me.  I get her.