A One Week Poetry Challenge
(An April challenge to write and post a poem a day for a week, as hosted by Two Writing Teachers)

Not Quite Ready

I’m not quite ready to let go
of all of this
but the release is inevitable.
I took him in my arms the other day
and hugged him,
kissed his head,
and he blushed — his friends were watching –
but I could tell it was still OK.
The path forward inches as fast as the growth upward
and still we see the shimmer of the baby in his eyes –
the first born –
although soon, we won’t be looking down — we’ll be looking up.
And I’m not quite ready to let go.

– Listen to the poem as a podcast

Peace (in poetry),
Kevin