My first contribution to the creative website twoscoopz.com in the focus 52 category...prompt for this week: Sweet...as in sweet memory...
by klr
Glowing memories
in flickering candle light
Grandpa nudges me
Christmas bells resonate,
birds announce the hour,
tricycle under the tree
Morning chore at hand
as we step outside,
lacy white flakes kiss my face
The screen door squeaks to a close;
his wool wisky white beard
tickle my round red cheek
Sugarplums keep guard,
Silvery reminders of
long nights, years ago,
the winters he carried me
to the old gray barn
through moon shadowed snow too deep
Time to milk the cow
A lantern lights the distance
from the front stoop to the barn
Mittened hands hold tight
around grandfather's shoulder
I wonder if he
somehow watches o'er me
He had a nickname
for me that I loved so much:
"..hello, Sugarplum.."
From that walk in the snow until
just before he passed,
he always called me his "Sugarplum"
