Before, now, after

Bose Tsevende

a naïve happy child with
no idea that the world
will change as she changes
into a grown up.

you’re a knowledgeable child
with a kind and generous soul
whose beauty sparkles with
the stars as you smile.

on the ladder of becoming,
you’re at the end, the edge,
the cliff, waiting for the ride
that will return you to the beginning again.

Younglan Talyoung