Freedom Enchanting Me So Poem by Margaret Alice

Tiaan has been returned to his mom,
jumping downstairs at school, a teacher
appeared, mid-air he had to veer not to
crash into her, hurt his ankle

Took him to hospital, X-rays showed a
fracture, he’ll have to stay home, he
inherited baboon genes, when I was
small I negotiated the passage

Without touching the floor, moving with
hands and feet stretched from wall to
wall, climbed onto the roof without
using a ladder at all

I expect my kids to take a fall every now
and again, just like we did when we were
kids, climbing everywhere, bicycle-riding
without care, speeding

Like demons, when Tiaan and Nici started to
climb the walls around the house, I prayed for
their safety, but did not try to stop them,
wishing them the same freedom

I have known - enchanting me so...