Incredible

It's incredible, isn't it?

Here I am before you

Appearing like a real life adult.

All the correct parts

A pleasant expression

Yet ...

Beneath this quiet exterior

Are two nine year olds

One standing on the other's shoulders

Both doing their nine year old best

to keep the illusion alive.

I Erred

I erred

A delightful err

And now ...

Harry's crooning

The Moonbeam Song

On repeat

As I drift off to sleep.

~ KGM 8/24/23

Now I See ...

It took this catalyst

A lifetime

But

Now I see ...

It wasn't only the shove

Off the lap

It was the insult

And humilation

Of the basement