There exist certain realisations that make you stop
Even while doing
Thinking
Importance is subjective
And not unlike a washing machine cycle
I will never be small again
Nor come to you crying of ghosts in my room
Nor ask to be lifted up to see things clearer
Nor pushed in various contraptions with toys in hand
I did glimpse you as you would've acted
And I remember similar thoughts stirring then
But the shortness of that must've buried them away
Reformatting is familiar to me, and practical at the time
It occurred to me just now that you did well
"Good parents" are a large misnomer
Even in your imbalances and missteps
You imparted the prec