Thankful- part two.

Thankful

I saw my face  in the mirror at Chucky’s Cheese.
I was surprised to see a old man looking back.

I was sixty-three years old.
Holding my Granddaughter
Her second birthday was today.
Her big smile and laughter made me smile.
My old face didn’t look so bad.

I stop and did a silence prayer to the Spirit of life and death.
I thank them for this day.
I pray my Grandchildren and all children have a fair chance at life.

My eyes have eroded with time. Can’t see nothing without my glasses.
My hard living made my mind weaker.
I need to write notes for reminders or I may forget.
I don’t run no more.
I still can walk like a Soldiers.

My baby girl is twenty-six now.
She is turning into a beauty like her mother.
She is texting 10 times per minute.
I caressed  the back of her head.
Gave her twenty dollars for the games for the grandchildren.

She gives me the boredom look.
I smile and watch her wander off.

I do a silence prayer.
Being thankful for four healthy children.

I walk behind my granddaughter.
Her eyes wide open to the world around them.

I sit and watch them play in the small kids section.
I wonder how our leaders in the USA think?
Why the discussion of War is more important then education and hunger?

Their children will pay for our waste and sins too.
Our hate and fear will destroy their future for all the children
in this world.

I sit on the floor.
My granddaughter is climbing on me.
She is having the time of their life.

I pray a silence prayer for the day.
When children can grow up in  a world that is safe and
all the children have a fair chance at a good life.

I’m thankful for this day.

                               Coyote