In the afternoon, I visited my granddaughters,
Emme was still asleep; she slept for three hours,
Zoe was up when I came, and she let me in,
She is the oldest, and welcomed me with a happy grin,
After a while Emme got up, surrounded by her dolls,
There was an elephant, a bear, and a thing that crawls,
I recognized many, even the big brown teddy bear
I gave her father when he was born; it had good care,
It is nice to revisit things and events from the past,
Today things don’t seem to be staying long or to last,
I hope this bear will last for many years to come,
From generation to generation from father to son,
To be eventually making the worthy claim,
To have an honorary place in the hall of fame,
xox
Phil Artman Poetry 