Yesterday, my timid eldest daughter was voted onto her school committee by her classmates. I’m immeasurably proud.
Her younger sister again woke me early today, so I thought I’d take the chance to pen a quick poem for Edys.
How To Build A Fire
What beguiles more than a flickering flame
Reflected in stupored eyes
Reaching ever higher
Impossible to tame
The brittle kindling, all elbows and knees
Callow to start, but now
Coaxing the pyre
Gone too soon, no reprise
Growing in stature, as the yearning, learning
Curling fingers
Grasp, but miss
Then rise again, still burning
Limbs develop, the blazing twigs start to roar
Take a stronger hold
Fear fading
Bashful no more
What charms more than your own young girl
Reflected in your stupid eyes
Realising her abilities
Making her way in the world
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