Revelations

Do you remember how proud you were

the day you learned to tie your own shoes?

And how amazed you were the first time

you took off peddling and the bicycle agreed

to balance you on two wheels. Can you

recall the moment vowels and consonants

made sense to you? Remember your first

experience with an umbrella, how it popped

open above you into a sheltering bloom,

keeping your head dry in the pouring rain?

Recall when just the right words popped

into your brain, allowing you to explain?

And do you remember that day when you

reckoned you knew enough to run away

from home?

When was it that the profound revelation

hit you, when you figured out that you could

change your mind if you wanted to?

Chris Hanch 10-6-17