Two Wheels
with a wink
and a wrench
he took off
each training wheel
and tossed ‘em
to the ground
and she looked down
at the pink plastic wheels
then back to the bike
then up to him
and Papa smiled and told her
“There’s nothing to it …
don’t look down at the bike,
look straight ahead”
he said it might take her
five days or five minutes
all depends
seemed a second
as I stood there
in the melting snow
and watched her
wheel away
further and further
I saw her
smaller and smaller
in the distance
crawling across the floor
when suddenly she stood up
and took a step
and started walking …
“Mama, can you believe
I can ride a bike now!”
TL