Wonderful poem lisa, and welcome back. A most superlative write you have penned here, great job!!!

4th line from the bottom...you probably mean...
they're......(or they are...?)
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we do, indeed, drown inside of their goodness....their gift...our blessing...
grateful..grateful..
You have a charming depth of vision...grateful...
grateful.

I don' see how anyone could miss the depth and flawless flow of this poem. or give it less than a 5

In swelling glands that
are merely controlled by

you could take 'that' and 'are' outta there, adding a comma after glands..

simplistic little eyes
that are

seems like 'that' should be 'which,' and also sounds better to me.. thats my crit,.. i love how your poetry is like an image morphing, almost.. i liked it a lot