TOO LITTLE!: An Original Poem

I have been away from posting at Wild Rose Reader for FAR TOO LONG! I made the decision recently to give up writing for legal/political blogs and to concentrate once again on writing poetry for children. I thought I'd post one of the poems that I had written in recent months for Poetry Friday this week. It touches on the frustrated feeling young children often get when they are told by parents, other adults, and older siblings that they are TOO LITTLE to do so many of the things that they would really love to do.

TOO LITTLE!

by Elaine Magliaro

THEY say

I’m TOO LITTLE for this…

I’m TOO LITTLE for that.

I’m too little to do SO MANY things.

DRAT!

I wish I were big like my sister and brother.

I wish I were big like my father and mother.

I wish I were BIG—as be as can be…

Like the giant blue whale who lives in the sea.

There wouldn’t be ANYTHING bigger than me!

Then I’d shout and I’d spout, “Make way, make way!

I’m going to go where I want today.

I’m going to do what I want to do.

And you can’t say no ’cause I’m bigger than you!”

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Margaret has the Poetry Friday Roundup today at Reflections on the Teche.