and small one too

less taxed now, if
lonelier
for touch

but we are both
content
so far as i can tell
so far as he can
tell

my arms more
patient

greedy now when
he is in them

still time for
playing blocks
and touching
noses

and i exhale
relieved

i can forgive that
this skin fits

these work clothes
please me, yes.

but the wheel of
time spins by me

careening almost greasy

it has been four weeks already

i wonder will i come home tomorrow and find him grown into a rockstar overnight…?