Love Poem: Bold
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Written by: Brian Sambourne

Bold

Little boy scales the snowbank
          in Spider-Man boots 
          stomping snow,
          relentlessly
          a focused performance
          superboy tantrum, gushing discontent
          flattening worlds imagined
          crushing lands gripped by villains

His mother, nearby, gleams
          like heat under a stove pot
          a wary gatekeeper, 
          extending love unmatched
          to watch the giddy rush of boy
          to dream a soulful future
          to wonder on the needs of self
          to view a son's awakening
                           in the freedom of spaces

Little boy
          unfinished work
          putting his stamp on joy
          as bits of snow fly like a tale unfolding
As a mother watches the elastic bounce of youth,

          till the real world runs away with him.





Poem composed: January 23, 2021