i am changed by you,
  a vast, unwavering, cataclysmic shift in perception
so minor or so major i can no longer tell
  i think i am strong but then i cry

at the thought of you, your hands
  so small yet full of so much potential
your eyes, wide, wandering and alert
  so small yet full of such understanding

you had arrived, not ready but ready
  we will teach you
we promise