Big and Small

have you ever had a fall
feeling big and feeling small
feeling short and feeling tall
curling up into a ball
every corner fall too stifling
everything so very trifling
every wave so hot and cold
every stone so new and old
all dismay and all hope
every tree a kaleidoscope
have you felt like this before
i did once and many more
yet one day I got pulled up
picked from the gravel
thrown in a cart
pulled to a place so far away
as I looked down upon myself,
everything fell onto its shelf
i had forgotten about
the small
child
the dreams, the future, the life
she would have had
had I not forsaken her
in such I was mistaken
for small needs big – to live.
and big needs small – to forgive
like hot needs cold
and new needs old
it all unfolds unto itself
so grow child grow inside of me
ill find a place for you to be
And never let me forget
responsibility to family
don’t let me fail myself