Hope

Lil’ black chile

Large unripe smile

Smooth cocoa skin

Behind those big round eyes

What is your minds surmise?

Wondering here and there

No trouble of heart without a care

Wonderful intentions with immense purpose

Never thinking or expecting lifes worse

Carefree like the coastal breeze

Boundless on mother earth

Uninhibited

Limitless

Like the bluest surf

As you cascade on to rocks

And pour back to sea

As you love to run jump and giggle mimicking me

Wait! Don’t step into those shoes

Sweetie, they are way too big for you to fill

Enjoy your childhood

Adulthood is so surreal

From your world I struggle to sustain

For a child is what I want you to remain

No burden or load for you to carry

No weight on your mind it’s all too scary

Let me fight your battle until it’s your time

Because when I am unable you will fight mine