Not Ready to Let Go

( a poem for when they’re flying and you’re not ready )

Oh my boys, my loves, where do I start?
I am overly smitten, obsessed with you still!
Wanting to protect and nurture galore
As if my life depends on it
But I see you’re flying
Your fleeting wings shall not be clipped
Much as I’d love that
It’s not what you want
There’s a raw aggression in you, in a good way
Eager
Willing
Striving to be ‘bigger’
“I can do it mummy! Why won’t you let me mummy?”
Because my darlings
I’m not ready to let go just yet.

Sophie Slosarczyk

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