Little Legs

Little legs
and eyes lit up
an energy that can’t be contained

Little legs
and eyes lit up
an energy that can’t be contained
Did you see this?
There’s grass!
The sky! The raindrops,
a patch of mud and
the smell of someone else
like me!

I obsess,
I do my best
to teach you all the shoulds I know
and still, all you see
is space to run;
places to pour your boundless joy
so back at our front door,
I’m the one
who’s learnt my lesson