Wonder gleams in your eyes
as sunlight breaks the pond’s surface.
I wonder at your reckless joy,
the way you tumble with cartwheeling legs
for refuge in our arms.
Handfuls of small, sand-colored pebbles
Scatter the water until–
Plop!
You shriek and leap with every splash,
pointing at tangerine streaks of life
and bubbles that breach riverbanks.
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