Frequently Asked Questions: #5
Do you have big plans for her first birthday?
Tomorrow this will all be over. She will take a step
and the tide that fills the tide pools will come in.
The last crop of almonds in the world must begin as nothing
but a thousand thousand minuscule blossoms.
I have loved every cell of her body from the time I could count them
until now.
Why hurry her progress when each day is as gorgeous as the last?
She will take a step and the beekeeper will plant his hives in the orchard,
walk away.