Wordle 98: My First-Born

Word List for Wordle 98:

blue   blessed   deserves   first   gasps   instant   

slap   snare   dust   unbalance   ride   wings

My Story:

My blessed first-born son…

in an instant, his heart 

clutches tightly to mine.

His father waits patiently

for son’s blue eyes to transform

to the hue of his brown eyes.

(They never did; he is our only 

blue-eyed child.)

When I walk downtown,

 my babe swaddled in his stroller,

a motherly figure approaches 

and gasps at his beauty, 

then asks, “What is her name?”

I reply only with his male surname, 

having all logic caught in the snare

of a brain-freeze.

Then out of her mouth 

comes this, insensitive to me, riposte,

“But, he’s too pretty for a boy!”

This is the very first time that this happens. 

The surprise of her thoughtlessness 

is a slap to my face and

throws me into an unbalanced state.

Later in my mind, I wonder what kind of

woman is this?  She deserves, at least, 

a smart retort.   

What on earth is wrong with her, 

did her brain take wings,

or did it take a ride on a bronco, 

leaving only the dust

of her tactless remark?

Needless to say, I hope, that 

none of these remarks 

ever are released from my mouth.

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Note: This is based on a real experience. 

I want you to know that the memory 

flashed in my head, for a reason not clear to me,

when I sighted the words 'blessed' and 'blue'!

I have neither built up resentment for the woman

nor have I been dogged by the memory.

Truly.

My first-born is on the far left. 

He was twenty-seven months old

his sister, in the middle was about one month old,

and his brother was fifteen months old.