Family Love
Soft wind touches the coconut, mango, papaya, and others branches
Swinging back and forth just like someone fanning our evening garden
As the strong hot sun from afternoon heat gradually cools
It is the best time for our family to be together after dinner
Sitting outside on the landing by the garden
Where father planted a group of jasmine plants
Cool breeze in the evening after sun set
Creates the steam of jasmine fragrance in our direction
Our little family with father, mother and children
Sit close together, telling each other stories
We become the center of universe
That others would envy hearing
Laughing and talking of this little group of creatures on earth
We would wait for the moon to rise
Until the bright full moon appeared in the deep dark blue sky
Suddenly the laughing and talking disappeared
Leaving the sound of crickets singing and the frogs croaking
In the rhythmic harmony of nature
We all sat tightly close to each other
Listening to our father telling us a story
Before we would retire to bed
Mother went back inside the house
She came back with a delicious Thai desert for us
A taste that no one can compete with
She used the jasmine syrup to prepare the desert
The aroma of jasmine syrup mixed with coconut cream
Fresh from our coconut tree
The diced fresh fruits with
Crushed ice on top that cools our souls
Mother loves with her wit and hands
Creating a heaven on earth for five little girls
Begging for more we all wait
Sometimes we even love mother’s desert more than father’s story
On the day that the moon leaves us
The deep dark blue sky fills with sparking little stars
The night becomes darker
With the sound of our dog howling
Making us chilled to the spine
Five little girls sit even closer together
Father teases us with ghost and Dracula stories
We hug each other bound tightly
The bond of our love so great
The fear from the outside world disappears
Father, mother laugh to see us chilled
They are embracing us from the fear
It forms a circle of love
Of the lives well lived
Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts, Saturday, December 18, 2011, 11:06 PM
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