there's.nothin'.like.soccer.practice.at.the.park

it takes courage to grow up and become

who you really are.

~ee cummings

So, the thought above inspired the poem I wrote below. Man alive, I LOVE this little monkey-girl and it's killin' me that she's almost a kindergarten graduate.

Ode to my little lovey, Miss Ava

i stand stage right,

watching you become who you really are,

this imperceptibly slow unfolding,

this unravelling of sorts

roots penetrating deep as limbs reach high

i am a joyful witness to this unfettered growth

but quickly then

my heart leaps to contain, draw you in

and shelter your leafy branches from the spring storms

just as quickly then

another place in me answers

that there is a wisdom

in letting this young sapling reach for the morning sky.

{xo, your grateful mum}