I started to bloom in a new way today
It’s funny. Something so unexpected to me.
An epiphany that continued to tickle me,
As I bushed my teeth, I saw it twinkling playfully.
How sweet. I see you little me.
I remember that conversation unfolding.
Seven years old and wondering, where I might be,
when I become who I’m becoming. So much fun, imagining.
A game of peekaboo between past versions I’ve belonged to.
How wonderful of each of you. To go through what you did to get to me.
I find myself blushing, so silly, you must really love me.
I spit the remnants into the sink, still looking into the eyes reflecting.
Well, here we are... I picture myself kicking the dirt with a foot, nervously.
So what do you think? I’m grinning through my current teeth.
But it’s ‘little me’, I’d know that smile anywhere,
There is mischief about me. Better than anything I could have ever believed.
The tears welling are genuinely happy.
The latest gift to me from little me.
I plant the seed for future gathering.