Little blossom

Spreading your petals like fairy wings

Falling softly into a new tomorrow

Crisp, turgid, full with the effervescence of new expectations

Excited

But today, is where you’ve arrived

And everything is different.

I’ve moved too fast and fear

Have I left you behind?

I look into your bright glassy eyes

Wells of hope and happiness

Nervous uncertainty

Longing for security

Pools into which I fall

But I see you’ve arrived here, today

And know that everything is different

And worse

That I’m not here

for you

fear

That I’ve simply

left you

behind.

Oh my

sweet little blossom.