A Fraction

Your Mom
And I
Plus You
Made three
We knew
With you
Our life
Was sweet

Then love
Brought more
And more
Brought life
Three became
Four
And four
Became five

We laughed
Surprised
What luck
What joy
Our life
Was whole
Part you
Part boys

But, then
The cloud
The ice
The wreck
A piece
Is gone
Our hearts
Bereft 

            And our sweet addition
            Is lost in subtraction
            With your great promotion
            Life’s left us a fraction