Poem a Day 2025

I tug at the stars 

like wrapping a cozy robe 
I’ve never owned
around me tighter
I could have been confident
in a different way
what a trip to hear your child say

mama, sometimes I think about

what could have been different

if I did something different

a whole world blossoming inside him 

as he says 
when I question him breaking into
the snack bin
I do I
you do you
I do as I do

you do as you do