A Small Thing by Kathleen Brewin Lewis

In second grade

my daughter fell in love

with origami,

her fingers becoming

more and more adept

as she folded and pressed

the brilliant paper

into whales, frogs, cranes

the size of her fist,

then began to make the cranes

smaller and smaller

until she had created a bird

as tiny as her fingertip.

It seemed impossible to--

would be impossible for--me,

but she rose

and walked with great grace

to come and place

her delicate masterpiece

in my hand. 



Kathleen Brewin Lewis, Atlanta, USA