Little Miss Fear
Make friends
with her.
Open up
your lunchbox
and
give her a sandwich.
Take off
her running shoes –
the
ones with holes
and
worn out soles –
and
cast them away
to the
bottom of your wardrobe.
Give her
some slippers.
Write her
an invitation.
Make
her a cup of tea.
Put stabilizers
on her bike.
Run a
warm bath
and
give her some armbands.
Wrap her
up in a dressing gown
and sit
her down on the sofa.
She has
a story to tell?
Listen to
the story.
Smile and
nod politely.
Make a
place on your fridge
as you
would
for a
three-year-old’s
finger
painting.
She’s
little.
She has
a lot to learn.
Why don’t
you teach her.
