tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post3790941853121242861..comments2024-03-18T19:36:44.170-04:00Comments on the underwear drawer: Michelle Auhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938937923678734252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-71460126286347768742010-03-25T17:06:59.978-04:002010-03-25T17:06:59.978-04:00Learning the Bicycle
for Heather
The older child...Learning the Bicycle<br /><br />for Heather<br /><br />The older children pedal past<br />Stable as little gyros, spinning hard<br />To supper, bath, and bed, until at last<br />We also quit, silent and tired<br />Beside the darkening yard where trees<br />Now shadow up instead of down.<br />Their predictable lengths can only tease<br />Her as, head lowered, she walks her bike alone<br />Somewhere between her wanting to ride<br />And her certainty she will always fall.<br />Tomorrow, though I will run behind,<br />Arms out to catch her, she'll tilt then balance wide<br />Of my reach, till distance makes her small,<br />Smaller, beyond the place I stop and know<br />That to teach her I had to follow<br />And when she learned I had to let her go<br /><br />--Wyatt PruntyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-88746418346142758202010-03-17T19:20:55.161-04:002010-03-17T19:20:55.161-04:00Bravo, Cal!Bravo, Cal!riveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154730483900804126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779260.post-84565713799071283722010-03-17T08:43:30.486-04:002010-03-17T08:43:30.486-04:00Oh my goodness, he's GETTING so BIG!!
Your bo...Oh my goodness, he's GETTING so BIG!!<br /><br />Your boys are so handsome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com