and shiny black shoes
that click when i walk
i know the way so i
dance ahead of mother
swinging my arms like wings
i laugh with each click
of my heels and sing joyously
to the blue sky above me
i start to run
click click click click
Mother says, "Don't run so
fast or you will fall!"
me? fall down? never!
i run faster
click click click click
my feet leave the ground
and suddenly i am flying
no, no, i am falling...
the ground leaps to meet me
as i crash down, my
lovely white dress torn
i clutch my bloody knees
and cry as my mother
quickly comes to lift me up
she grins at me and says,
"see! i told you so."
that she did.
