ok bf is the punchline, you just have to read the setup first!

Pit Stop

You are asleep again
And I am amazed--as always--
At the miracle of energy transferred
From kinetic to potential.
Today you have seen, and done, and heard:
Peeling potatoes, iced-over pond,
Games of catch, books, three dogs,
Road work, and Mozart.

And those are but the things I steered you through.
How much else--
How many synapses, light bulbs lit,
Leaps of understanding, paradigms conceived
Did you have, silently, in wonder?

I do not know, but the sudden collapse of you
(Jumping-running-laughing-dancing)
Into stillness;
The wholly unhesitant acceptance of sleep
I saw just now, cheeks flushed,
Breath warm against me,
Mouth locked, in undeniable exhaustion,
At my breast,
Tells me--much.
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Joy Berry-Parks
"Never doubt that a small group of dedicated, committed people can change
the world. In fact, it is the only thing which ever has." ---Margaret Mead

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