A Child’s Folly

Tuck me in and say goodnight,

Now the day, at last, is done.

A gentle kiss upon my cheek

Says everything will be alright,

Helps me sleep straight through the night,

Keeps the monsters from my closet

Once you’ve turned off all the lights.

 

Gentle dreams are sure to follow

In a new world far away

Where daffodils play on the hill

With Mother Goose, Jack and Jill,

And all the king’s horses find their gait

As they primp and prance about at will.

 

And I have thoughts of being big,

I do what I see grownups do.

In ever-so simplistic ways

I banter through their hectic day

To recreate the fantasy

Til morning’s light comes into play.