You Said Yes

I asked for a purpose
for the time I had left
You gave me a purpose
You gave me a child,
a last child to love
a chance to begin
again at the end,
curls and baby eyes,
his grandpa’s nose
his skin kissed brown
shining in the sun
the love spills
in and out of my heart
making music
and tears hold hands
　
“Grammy” he says,
“when I grow up
I’ll play baseball”
we sing our silly songs
make up our silly jokes,
build towers to the sky
leggo blocks stand tall
count the colors in a rainbow
he dances to the tunes of toons;
Blue’s Clues, Sponge Bob,
Dora the Explorer
When I leave him,
he pleads with me to stay
Pleads for a promise to return
You said yes How can I say, I can’t