Precious One

a child closes 
     while she opens
     and opens
     while she closes
a constant change of aperture
     as the lens captures
     image after image

what does this mean?
     if she's got a thinker's bones
how does this feel? 
     if she's an artist
where is this going?
     a maker asks
why am I here? who am I?
    if she must Know

forgetting washes away
     at the shore
     of new discovery
expansion rides a circle
     back to starting places

a child swims
     sometimes against the tides
     other times
     taken by them
what is new
     unwraps what is old

even breathing
     makes it so