Every once in a while we would shuffle down the way
to where our hill sat, though it was a mountain
to me. The lush green carpet that swelled,
I felt so small next to it, next to you
It scared me at times as we hiked the mountain
hill, to the top where the sun balanced
every time I’d think that sun was a big peach
like James and the Giant Peach and I’d say
“Pop-pop, can we go inside the peach and fly
to New York City?” And you would smile and keep on shuffling
I could never shuffle like you, my feet were too
small, my legs too short but I tried, I wanted to get
there and look at the horizon to see the pigeons;
to where our hill sat, though it was a mountain
to me. The lush green carpet that swelled,
I felt so small next to it, next to you
It scared me at times as we hiked the mountain
hill, to the top where the sun balanced
every time I’d think that sun was a big peach
like James and the Giant Peach and I’d say
“Pop-pop, can we go inside the peach and fly
to New York City?” And you would smile and keep on shuffling
I could never shuffle like you, my feet were too
small, my legs too short but I tried, I wanted to get
there and look at the horizon to see the pigeons;
our pigeons, surround us on our mountain top
just so we could feed them
our stale bread and popcorn.
just so we could feed them
our stale bread and popcorn.
Hey PoohChild - Love the blog. everything that I've read has touched me in some way.
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