Waiting On My Daddy

Droplets trickled down my shoe like silver snakes

I waited on my daddy

Gallons of sky water pummeled off the plastic carport

Like great African elephants trudging across the desert

~I thought~

As I waited on my daddy

Cinnamon toast on my knee on a plate

Steaming hot and deliciously sweet

Warm golden butter oozed and dribbled down my chin

I love cinnamon toast

~I thought~

As I waited on my daddy

I could stay out here forever

On this small wooden chair

As happy as Larry

Waiting on my daddy

Wrapped up tight in my spongy orange jacket

Listening to the elephants

Watching the snakes slither through the cloudy red stones

And disappear like magic

~I thought~

As I waited on my daddy

They were my friends and I was happy

Knowing that the first thing he would see

When he came home for tea

Would be me.

Shay Crinkle