GRANDDADDY & Q BUILD A FORT
an ekphrastic from a photo, Granddaddy and Q, by Mia LeNoir, 3.30.25
Your grandson’s cherub face, lit up in a grin—
as he turns your grown-up wrench, tightens a joint
on a 2 x 4. You, knelt behind, push up glasses
he’ll surely wear one day. He wears your
beige canvas work apron well, wound twice
around his small frame. Both of you in jeans
and khaki shirts blend together, against a green future.
Your toolbox, open nearby, spills out love and time
and heritage. His toolbox, smaller, but just as full.
He turns the wrench again and again,
throughout the day,
tightens the hold on your heart.
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Outstandingly beautiful! Love the “green future” and turning the wrench to “tighten the hold” on the heart.
This is beautiful – it stitches past and future together so well.
Perfect!
Sweetness spooled so well!
Adore: Both of you in jeans
and khaki shirts blend together, against a green future.
His toolbox, smaller, but just as full.
And that last stanza brings it home!
That last line is beautiful and really ties this scene and hits the tone perfectly.
Stitched so neatly, back and forth,
today’s view, with tomorrow in mind;
the toolboxes, the matched clothing,
blended and attached
through admiration and love. 🙂
I love what you’ve done here, Michele. I’m glad to have seen your first draft. This ekphrastic version using the grandson and grandfather is simply beautiful.
I love the last line, Michelle–sums it all up!