Was a boy

 ‘was a boy’ Trgates,11/29/2024

it was raining on 
one side of our fence,
and not on the other,
amazed as a boy,
looking up through the picket slats 
a Rainbow glistened 
next to the Sun. 
in awe I just watched,
a mist reached through,
crazy, still feel it upon my face. 
I’ve seen my children amazed,
and beheld theirs 
jump up and down in puddles 
after a storm,
their guileless laughter 
still comes through. 
a moment ago
I was a boy.