The Best Things in Life

Eating peanut butter from the jar
Dipping fingers in a chunk of chocolate cake
Munching chocolate bars with the chocolate
Smeared on my little one's face
A downpour of rainfall on the windshield
As the wipers swish-swash as
we drive through such beautiful rain
An unlimited supply of favorite crackers
And hearing the crunch-crunch-crunch
of all of it by his teeth
His spring slinky going round and round
up and down slapping down
on their bed
And the thudding sound it makes
like the beat-beat-beat of a drum
that serves only to calm
my little one's little world
Water spray from sprinklers or showers
or a pail or his plastic tub
Immersing him in
such never-ending stimulation
and delight
Plastic Easter eggs line up
in a spectrum of colors
amid the humdrum of the t.v.
The sight of his trike
if only with it he can sleep beside
and carry it with him in his dreams
The plunking of the notes
on the keyboard
Beethoven, Bach or
Twinkle-twinkle little star
Each key lights up as each note
reverberates and his grin
turns relentless
Oh and finally, Bella!
Our beautiful, beautiful Dobe
Staring, looking, stimming
at her raven black and tan coat
and her wet wet nose
He stays on all fours
sighting her features
Bella runs and oh,
how my Garret runs with her
Papa holds the leash
but nothing holds my little Prince's
laughter and joy
And his peals are
music to our ears
They say the best things in life
are free,
Yes, I totally agree
Now I understand and truly, truly
comprehend
On this rainy, rainy day,
My Little Prince
has taught me
One magnificent lesson
Once again...:-)