he hated when my belt pushed against him in the womb 
and then one day he was grown 

he screamed so loud when he was born he went to the NICU
and then one day he was grown 

he refused bottles at daycare because he wanted me to nurse 
and then one day he was grown 

he learned to walk and rawr 
in the same week 
and then one day he was grown 

he scrapped both knees
called his bandaids stickers 
and then one day he was grown 

he fell asleep after five minutes in the car but wouldn’t sleep in his crib 
and then one day he was grown 

he was obsessed with dinosaurs and Paw Patrol 
and then one day he was grown 

he was so brave on his first day of school while I bawled 
and then one day he was grown 

he is thirsty for knowledge when it’s something he loves
and then one day he’ll be grown 

he is so wild and exhausting and full of life
and then one day he’ll be grown 

he still needs me to sit with him at night when he gets scared 
and then one day he’ll be grown 

he still says he loves me every once in a blue moon
and then one day he’ll be grown.