Toothbrush (#decemberpoetrychallenge)

Tiny toothbrush
Blue sparkly Colgate
The one that squeezed out in star shape
To try and trick smalls into being excited
About brushing their teeth

I hold the brush solemnly
Meticulously
Aware of the weight of my duty

I hold her tiny had in mine, firmly
She bares her tiny teeth, trustingly

We are there in that moment simple
Big and small

One trusted, one trusting
Each able to fill the role
Holding small sweaty hands

In my tangles 30 years later
I try to remember when a role came
That easily
One that felt so easy to fulfill

When I have ever been as useful
As I was to my baby sister
teaching her to brush her teeth