Trying to Remember

Growing up is really hard
When you are a kid.
That's mostly ‘cause
You don't know anything...
Or at least people tell you that.
I think I knew lots of stuff
When I was a kid.
I just didn't know what to do with it.
Now that I'm older
I've forgotten
most of what my Dad taught me.
Like how to fly and
Where faeries hid.
How to put a worm on a hook
And where the best fish were.
I've forgotten how to trust
The brakes on my bike
And how good wet grass feels.
There were days when I didn't think
It would ever get any better than
being with my Dad.

It's all coming back to me now,
I remember my Dad's love
and all that other magick stuff...
It was my grandchildren that reminded me.