Steps by Tia Sposito ’18
Little feet and little hands
Crawling about the kitchen floor
A little girl brought to stand
Like a light, an open door
Crying, laughing, planting seeds
Roots they sprawl, twist so tight
Like gasoline the soul it feeds
Such beauty, it is in sight
A fruit loop in cheerios floating
Massive snow forts, tiny gloves
Like a lone wolf, always noting
High and low, looking for doves
Music in headphones, walking
Chocolate chip cookies, flared jeans
Moments pass and we keep talking
Shoes too small, growth it means
Numbers, questions, plans countless
Jeans, Converse, foundation cake
Trends, sciences, it was boundless
Tick tock, now decisions to make
Who? Is asked, who wore it better?
Tracks on teeth, grease on gears
Algebra, PB & J, a big blue sweater
Walls crumble, all the years
Dimensions analyzed, seems the same
Hills turn to peaks, the snowball grows
Our identities, known is our name?
Suddenly a forest, now everyone knows
States and bunks, we will be apart
Mountains and miles, light years away
Never we see, always in our heart
One sea moving, to days less grey