I Am Cherished
He promised a lifetime ago
that I would want for nothing.
Now, sixty years later he asks
what I want and I tell him nothing
for I have long possessed everything
I could ever want. He responds
predictably, bringing me all he
believes I should have, awaiting my
response, no longer surprised but
grateful that his goal is to please
and delight me, so I am pleased
and I am delighted, for did he not
promise when we were younger
than our grandchild is now that
he would always care for me?
Who rubs moisturizing cream on
my back after a shower? Who
cleans my eyeglasses before I can
place them on my face? Who scans
my medications to ensure they are
always up to date? Do I not cling
to him and tell him that he is the
answer to my wants, just as when
we were so young I responded to
his vow of forever caring for me
that I would allow him to?
Lost and found is my eureka! blog, my rediscovery of my short fiction and poetry submissions published in literary magazines and university literary journals some decades ago. Interspersed, occasionally, with more recent, hitherto unpublished pieces.
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