Love at every sight

I watched you last night,

reading a book,

A Harry Potter novel

(nothing new there) ; 

the slight frown on your

ordinarily smooth brow

tilting at the man you 

will become.

Idly, you turned the page,

then flicked back,

concentration writ large

as you re-read a few 

lines that were perhaps

not entirely absorbed.

Fleetingly then, 

you glanced up,

gave me a smile that 

contained more words

than your book.

I smiled back, content

in the knowledge of the 

man you will become.

Reviews

[h d e rushin]

your poems Beccy are as earthy and heartfelt as they are indexical; varying in reference with the individual speaker I, here, now. Never those other worldly observations or of mystical
alien touching. But a person in a room, in a bed, next to you, smiling back, absorbed in a
book of wizards but not identifying as one, incurious but curious, then posing as the picture
of the coming man.

you are so good here.

dana

[icelandicblue]

Ah to watch your child unaware and then to share that moment when they look up and smile at you. Those moments are poetry in themselves. There is much depth of emotion in this poem and you tell it with feather light softness. It's truly touching.

[Lydia Shutter]

So much maternal love in this poem! I could picture my son....who is now an adult....when he was a little boy. Those smiles are worth a million dollars! Beautifully written. Lydi**

[Sanober]

Wow, this is really something special. Love how you have captured the scene...and how his smile contained more words than any book ever could. So so beautiful and deeply romantic. Loved it!

[Sami Khalil]

"tilting at the man you
will become.

Idly, you turned the page,"

A wonderful and refreshing write. I like how you weave words and meanings...:)......

[jacob erin-cilberto]

reading is a sure way to learn about life...it is a cog in the machine of growing up...

this is such a smart poem...

love reading you beccy...your poems are so earthy and real...life in snapshots.

[SmittyJas]

Eyes Forward please now class pay attention in other people minds and crazy books about wizards and spells. Come back to reality and live a little. Love the read.

[W.k.kortas]

Well executed and undeniably touching piece, heartfelt without descending into treacly sticky-sweetness. It's so easy to do a piece in this vein so very wrong, but this is absolutely spot-on.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A beautiful depiction of your love for Charlie told in a sensitive and beautiful voice.

[Ed Hart]

fortunate lad, prescient mom