My little gardener

I know that one day we will dig in the dirt

together

planting tiny seeds in crooked furrows

spinach and lettuce in spring

beans and squash in early summer.

her tiny fingers will get bigger

and more skilled

today she digs her tiny fingernails

into the warm, damp earth

raking aside dead leaves and grasses

reaching for pine cones

and one day, we will harvest together

my  hands will be heavily veined

but I will still hold hers in mine.

tag: Mira