Life

The wind – it took my kite from me

As down the beach I ran –

The string slipped from my feeble grasp

My face fell in the sand,

The night, it took my flashlight beam

I use when it’s not day –

It drained my little batteries

Dark got in my way –

I had my army men deployed

In hopes to be heroic –

I led the charge to sofa fringe

But now they’re in the Oreck,

The ground, it took my breath away

When I fell from the tree –

Tiny stars danced in my head

As clouds passed over me,

My neighbor’s dog, he took a bite

When I snuck in her yard –

He was just a little tyke

Boy, could he bite hard –

The Sun, it stole my lovely skin

And wrinkled up my face –

The pizza gave me calories

Expanded out my waist,

Time has ticked my life away

I’ll not put up a fight –

I’ll simply rise up to the sky

And hope to find my kite.

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