Now You Fly

Grace Liu

Grace Liu

Age 18+ category | Spring into Poetry Contest 2025 | San José Public Library

Now You Fly 
Bright spring mornings 
Stroller walks   
Dewy grass at the park    
Checkered blanket   
Squirmy tummy time   
Looking at clouds and trees   
A caterpillar on a leaf   
Then sticky sweaty summer   
Wrapped up together   
Chubby cheek on my chest   
Baby's first steps   
The outgrown carrier   
Empty cocoon    
Ballet in the fall   
Toddler-sized leotard    
Multicolored wings    
With elastic straps   
Tiptoe shuffle   
Flapping your arms   
Learning to fly   
Without me   
Now preschool pickup   
Car seat questions   
Mommy, did you know?   
Caterpillars become butterflies 
 
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