Such Riches To The Week

Wow

what a week.

Pulled my own weight twice

probably more.

It’s certainly been a tough one

but there have been such riches to it -

things that need remembering;

need taking home and savouring

and sharing.

Details, points, fleeting moments

with the whole lot lost if I’m not careful.

One boy

for example

coming in looking for a goalie

because ‘Pete’s got his clean white pumps on so he can’t do it!’

A second

reflecting on a tricky moment:

‘We all need to think about our behaviour’

he said through a new mask of maturity.

Another

passing the Pritt on first asking

with nothing attached,

just easy.

A fourth

joining in today when yesterday he got so angry he cried.

All of these

Worth beyond worth.

They will have forgotten

Probably almost instantly

But I won’t

Can’t

Mustn’t.

You will have your own

so don’t you do either.

Tappahannock