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...
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I just felt like a kid again climbing a tree and feeling a limb