He started school this morning, and he seemed so very small.
As I walked there beside him in the Kindergarten hall.
And as he took his place beside the others in his class,
I realized how all too soon those first few years can pass.
Remembering, I saw him as he first learned how to walk.
The words that we alone made out when he began to talk.
This little boy so much absorbed in learning how to write.
It seems as though he must have grown to boyhood overnight.
My eyes were blurred but hastily I brushed the tears away,
Lest by some word or sign of mine I mar his first big day.
Oh how I longed to stay with him and keep him by the hand,
To lead him through the places that he couldn't understand.
And something closely kin to fear was mingled with my pride.
I knew he would no longer be a baby by my side.
But he must have his chance to live, to work his problems out,
The privilege to grow and learn what life is all about.
And I must share my little boy with friends and work and play;
He's not a baby anymore - he's in Kindergarten today.
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