Astronomy

I laid my head in your lap and we flew, and we flew
When we got to your mother’s house, we took the kids room
Painted pink and white and robin’s egg blue
The kids spend a few nights at their dad’s and one night they share their
mother’s room
We slept a lot of the day on Friday
We slept a lot of the day on Saturday
We slept a lot of the day on Sunday too
'Cause, after all, it’s been a busy year for me, and with the kids,
you’re always busy too
We spent some tim looking out the small window of the room
Into the backyard at th lovely winter view
The dead trees coated with soft white snow, and the neighbor’s yard
With a permanently parked turquoise blue fishing boat
One day we gathered in the living room to play scrabble
I asked your daughter, what was it that she wanted to be when she gets older?
She said, «There are so many things, so many many things.»
Right now she loves everything to do with astronomy
I said, «When I was your age, I knew exactly what I wanted to be.»
And she said, «Well, what is that?»
And I said, «A songbird, flying from tree to tree to tree to tree to tree.»