my breakfast

i am glad i decided to think

outside the box
to unchain my soul
like my seven-year old grandson
chasing a magpie on the way to school

so for my breakfast

i let go my beggarly oatmeal
with that watery milk
racing to prize my daughter’s joy
that last two days of baking hard

while i washed and chopped

the apples the little rascal picked
from under the tree
i planted seven years ago
my home’s celebration of the first born

so i ate an Easy Apple Muffin
a tasty Apple Cinnamon Lemon Zest Muffin

two squares of Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
and a raw apple with a shiny skin
like that of the angelic Josephine

© henry victor          07.09.2016