Our First Kindergartener

He started school this morning, And he seemed so very big.As I walked there beside him

In the Kindergarten hall.

And as he took his place beside

the others in the class,

I realized how all too soon

Those first few years can pass.

Remembering, I saw him as

He first learned how to walk.

The words that we alone made out

When he began to talk.

This little man so much absorbed

In learning how to write.

It seems as though he must have grown

To boyhood overnight.

My eyes were blurred but hastily

I brushed the tears away

Lest by some word or sign of mine

mar his first big day

Oh how I longed to stay

And take him by the hand

To lead him through the places

That he couldn't understand.

And something closely kin to fear

Was mingled with my pride.

I knew he would no longer be

A baby by my side.

But he must have his chance to live,

To work problems out,

The privilege to grow and learn

What life is all about.

And I must share my little man

With friends and work and play;

he's not a baby anymore --he's in Kindergarten today.