a little boy

Chalk

In the park near his house

A young boy will make

Lots of pictures using chalk

Some things real, some things fake.

Concentrating with his tongue out

He draws a fat cat

Giggling to himself

He finishes and says “Would ya look at that!”

He begins to draw dinosaurs

Using red, green, and blue

He makes a mistake and stomps his little feet

But still aware of just what to do

He gets up and laughs

Head held up towards the sky

Says, “Look what I can draw!”

Struts around, head held high.

Another boy spots his pictures

Covers his mouth and says “Wow!”

He tilts his head to the new admirer

Whispers quietly, “Look at me now.”

They begin to play some tag

Running all over the park

Dirt from head to toe

As the light turns to dark.

The boy goes back to his pictures

And suddenly becomes sad

Mommy grabs his little hand tight

And says, “Why don’t we show dad.”

Eyes wide, eye brows jumping

He runs to grab daddy’s hand

He shows them their big teeth and tails

So proud of his dinosaur land.

It’s time to go inside for bed

He grabs mommy and daddy’s hands to walk

He looks back reminiscing about his day

What fun he had today with chalk.