This is beautiful, Parker, and sad as well. I could picture everything clearly and feel the emotion it contains. Your poetry just keeps getting better and better. Well done.
Well our local radio station totally got me this morning. They had a feature this morning with an interview with a tattoo artist who was holding an event at a local elementary school where parents and kids could come in and get tattoos and "totoos". So kids as young as 7 or 8 getting permanent tattoos I completely forgot what today is. 👍
April has decided to start with a joke... it's pretending to be February. It was 25 F when I left work, with about 1 1/2" of snow... more where I work. Thankfully it should melt this afternoon and the rest of the week is supposed to be more like spring.