Starting Kindergarten

Emma Grace Bice
August 14, 2006
Mount Carmel Elementary
Ms. Carla Hatfield

She started school this morning,

And she seemed so very small

As I waited there beside her

In the Kindergarten hall.

And as she took her place beside

The others in the class

I realized how all too soon

Those first few years can pass.

Remembering I saw her

As she first learned how to walk

The words that we alone made out

When she began to talk

This little girl so much absorbed

In learning how to write

It seems as though she must have grown

To girlhood overnight

My eyes were blurred but hastily

I brushed the tears away

Lest by some word or sign of mine

I mar her first big day

Oh how I longed to stay with her

And keep her by the hand

To lead her through the places

That she could not understand

And something closely kin to fear

Was mingled with my pride

I knew she would no longer be

A baby at my side

But she must have her chance to live

To work her problems out

The privilege to grow and learn

What life is all about

And I must share my little girl

With friends and work and play

She's not a baby anymore

She started school today....