snatched over time
from play and experience

comes an equivalence
of skills

formed in the purity of moments

you pluck dust from the air
the dust into which we
return

you’re just a little early

dustandshadows

*this was one of my Month of Poetry (#MoP) poems.

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity