Bounce

I am about 40
Playing with my
Two granddaughters
Who are small children
Encouraging them to climb
Up the heavy bookcase in their
Bedroom a few feet from one
Of their beds then jump on
To the bed and bounce,
This memory comes
Back to me as I see
My granddaughter
In her mid 30s
Tossing her
Small kid
Up into
The air
Onto her
Bed watching
Him bounce
Laugh and
Want to
Do it
Again.
How the
Past lives on
In our kids and
Theirs for better
Or worse and
Only seen
In hindsight.