Growing, together

I see you in all your tininess.
I swell to enfold you.
You totter by on unsteady legs.
I am there to steady you.
You hesitate on your dizzy perch.
My arms reach up to cushion you.
The needle's eye eludes your fingers.
My nimble ones assist you.
A flower's mystery creases your brow.
My mind leaps to inform you.
Your heart crumples as friends turn away.
My vast embrace comforts you.
I watch as  you seek me in a crowd
and amidst the dazzling tenderness
a quiet shadow falls -- I know
for you to grow, I must dwindle.