#45

Today,
Littlest is coming to light,
Pushing up through the baby months,
He is pointing and saying da.
He crawls onto his brother’s bed
And bounces with him,
He crawls around after them
in the hot sun.
He knows he is like them,
that he should be doing what they do,
So he chews pens
when they are drawing,
Pushes his head between their bodies,
when they lean up on the windowsill,
He watches them
And will learn from them
This walking,
Laughing,
Eating
Talking that we do.

Published by lizpike

Elisabeth Pike is a writer and designer. Voice at the Window, a collection of 100 gratitude poems written during lockdown is out now. Circles: Nurture and Grow your Creative Gift was released in April 2019. Her prints and books are available at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleBirdEditions. She lives in Shropshire with her husband and four children.

Leave a comment