In a striped pinafore
over a white shirt,
our daughter begins
kindergarten
in a new school
She leaves behind the
summer
her facets of fear in
the swimming pool
With a back pack sporting
Pinocchio
the milieu promises through her spectacles
She waves ‘have a nice
day’ before
we lose her in a class
of similar frames
Soon she would trace
footprints
with her feet secured
in laced shoes
She would drape her
assents and dissents
often more than not
leaving a s p a c e
between us and
her…soon
Soon…sooner than not
she will find the
spokes
in the wheels of time
the then and now
mirroring
just the way we did
just the way we do
you will still play a large role in guiding and shaping that journey...what a moment, the releasing them to school for the first time...oy...have been there...they seem to grow up so fast....
ReplyDeleteyou were not linked in...so i tagged you in...smiles.
ReplyDeleteOh, so true. Every generation of parents goes through this. Children go off to kindergarten, and the footprints get bigger and bigger, and in a blink of an eye they are grown...
ReplyDeleteMy youngest is now in high school, and it seemed the years are just rolling away ~ Enjoy your time with your child (no spaces yet) & summer days ~
ReplyDeleteGoodness, the time you write of is so fertile with joy, hope, concern, breath-holding and exhaling in deep measure. You've crafted a wonderful word-etch of this time of life. Even those of us long past this phase visit it again through your verse - and touch nostalgia with blinking eyelash and lifted smile.
ReplyDeleteThe way time slips through our fingers - cascading into growth.. it's life, but still a parting of sorts...
ReplyDeletethe goal is to always remember that success happens when they spread their wings and fly away.
ReplyDeleteI adore this poem. :)
ReplyDeleteEspecially this whole section:
"She leaves behind the summerher facets of fear in the swimming pool
With a back pack sporting Pinocchiothe milieu promises through her spectacles
She waves ‘have a nice day’ beforewe lose her in a class of similar frames
Soon she would trace footprintswith her feet secured in laced shoes"
Wonderful splice of life piece.
That is a big landmark, when they start kindergarten. She will be so proud though, to be going to school!
ReplyDeletethat brought back some memories of first school days... and now all my kids have finished school already... what milestones... and it's a wonderful journey..
ReplyDeleteThis is so poignant and made all the more touching with your attention to detail.
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