In celebration of my boy's 16th birthday I wanted to post a favorite poem of mine.

Shared to me by my amazing blog editor, KC.

It's for a 13 year old but I think it's fitting for all phases of young man.

Happy 16th Birthday Cole.

Be Bold Cole. Be Brave. Be True.

I love you.

Mom

Between Two Seas.

The perfect age must be thirteen;

its promise crammed, future unseen.

No longer child, not yet a man,

between two seas, on lonely strand,

the wistful youth, surveys the deep

from whence he came - an infant’s sleep

Happy with sweet, carefree slumber

gromming waves of childish wonder.

He turns to face the deeper’s still

foreboding, churning, beck and call.

A waxing strength and courage now

prepare him well, the truth to show

when crashing waves on him will fall

to beat him back and try his all.

The fittest man is tried this way

who plunges through uncertain days

of teenage angst and its pressure

to seek life’s best, just like treasure.

Your fortune waits, thirteen year old;

the waves swell large, so now be bold.