Letting Go
Jun 10th, 2009 | By Susan Walker | Category: Poetry | 441 viewsHidden from sight, I watch
As you race out the front door and leap off the front porch
Car keys gleaming in the summer sun
Your face laughing, as you back out of the driveway
Headed wherever your whim takes you.
Too fast, slow down, I think to myself as I turn away
Realizing that I’m not just referring to your driving speed
I find myself falling backward in time
Seeing you not as you are now, standing on the brink of adulthood
But as that brave child who pushed his way forward into all things
Intrepid
Watching you walk out the door
I realize I can’t protect you anymore
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About Susan: I am happily married with 2 children 16 and 19. I am a fairly new poet in that I have just found the courage to share my poetry with a wider audience. When I'm not writing or hanging out with my family, I enjoy yoga and studying Sanchin-Ryu karate where I have earned my 2nd degree black belt. |
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Another touching poem that makes me think of my own children, and how it felt when he drove for the first time. And as I read it, I think Thank God that he cannot yet drive without me.