Irrelevance

I tasted irrelevance today

'Dropping'them off at school
More like 'accompanying' them
Closer to 'following' them

The urge
In the pre teen
To assert her independence
Shows in her distance she keeps
Between herself, striding ahead
And me,
In her pretend deafness
To my crying out her name
To say bye
Her refusing a backward glance
To smile, acknowledge my presence

My 8 year old caught in
The 2 meter chasm between us
Wanting to be as cool as his sis
Yet
Feeling sorry for his mum

Trailing

behind