#435

(image by Kim Parent)

Gosto de ver famílias

fazendo coisas juntas.

Estudo seus rostos

e movimentos

com interesse singular

Penso como será
quando

eu tiver a minha própria família:

Cinco crianças

quatro cachorros

brincando juntos no quintal,

brigando uns com outros,

ganhando abraços,

mordidas e

joelhos escalavrados

crescendo juntos

cercados de amor.

I like watching families

doing things together.

I study their faces

and movements

with singular interest.

I think of how amazing

it will be for me

when I have my own family:

Five children

Four big dogs

playing in the yard,

fighting one another,

getting bitten

hugged

bruised

still growing up in love,

all together.

("Safe in a thought of the future", for Sunday Scribblings)

Inspired by Andreas's poem Playing in the snow