Growing up is easy:
a question of genetics
and vegetables.
I want to witness him
growing in
learning the names of his moods
like pets
like bullies
digging a tunnel to his intuition
so he can find his way
to answers
in the dark
becoming the most courageous version
of himself
the honest one
I want to ask him
one day
what he thinks about everything
and watch as he paints me
a self-portrait
surely different
from the one I started
even before
he was born.