Kailey with Uncle Bobby's cowboy hat. She has such a sweet face. The poem I wrote was about her sister, Stephanie when she was even younger than Kailey
Stephanie
by Mary Lipginski
for Steve
She runs in,
with face all smiles and says,
"Hi, Pa"
Her blue eyes widen
over peach jello
and pineapple bits,
She sits on books to make her
taller at the table,
and rides in Daddy's lap
to drive his blue truck.
Her curls bounce as she
searches the house
for Nanna and Daddy,
playing hide and seek.
Her laughter breaks the silence
of an empty house
as she echoes her Daddy's voice
of twenty years ago.
"Bye, Pa," she says
The door closes,
the house sighs,
and quiet settles once again
into the corners of the rooms.
A poem I wrote for creative writing class in 1987.
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