Facts of life

by: shira

Baby
You're beautiful
Pink fingers
Bright toes

Child
You're fidgety
Climbing fingers
Steadfast toes

Adolescent
You're asking
Bound fingers
Late-escape toes

What
Are you
Answering and wondering
Simultaneously
Your hands and feet can run or crawl
In equal happy countenance

Adult
You're grown
Stubborn fingers
Even toes