Tiny things
\nShirt sleeves
\nFront to back
\nHow to dip the spoon
\nAnd not spread ice cream everywhere.<\/p>\n
All these things confused him.
\nHe knew hundreds of subway stops
\nTrain car facts
\nBus routes
\nA brain stuffed With specific trivia
\nCouldn’t navigate putting on a pair of pants.<\/p>\n
It hurts.
\nIce cream trips
\nSeeing more cream running across a hand, dropped on the table, smeared node to ear.
\nYou get anxious
\nWhat am I supposed to do to help when modeling and breaking into steps fails.
\nHe’s anxious
\nWhy are the world so filled with eyes?<\/p>\n
If the littlest thing is a massive peak
\nRising forth on our horizon
\nHow can big things every be done?
\nYet one day he wanted huge<\/p>\n
Surfing?
\nThat’s massive.
\nThat’s water pounding you all around
\nStopping you
\nBattering you.
\nEven with help.
\nI felt daunted.<\/p>\n
But he walked from the water victorious.
\nHead down.
\nEyes swollen.
\nOverwhelmed by sensation.
\nLooking like mile 25 of a marathon.
\nTil he realized
\nThat was him!
\nHe did it.<\/p>\n
Then smiles beamed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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