My son sits in the house

    on rainy spring time days

Imagining the fun

    he will have under the sunny rays.

 

My son finds bugs

    and toads and frogs

And squirmy little snakes

    that live beneath the logs.

 

He walks along the stream

    that’s hidden in the trees

And returns with muddy shoes

    after every stormy breeze.

 

As my son goes walking

    down the street,

Who do you think

    that he will meet?

 

To the man who was

    walking his dog today,

He asked if the dog

    had time to play.

 

The man said he must

    hurry back home.

He had to feed

    his big dog Jerome.

 

He and his dog would

    return to play ball,

But the man said that

    my son might be too small.

 

My son saw the kites

    flying in the sky.

He asked if he

    could give it a try.

 

They said the wind

    was so strong today

A little boy might

    get blown away.

 

My son saw the geese

    walking along.

The honking sounded like

    a joyful song.

 

Don’t get too close -

    a boy with no bread

Can be in danger

    with a goose that’s not fed.

 

My son climbed up high

    into a tree.

He said he was looking

    at a strange looking bee.

 

He thought He would climb up

    and then right back down,

But he decided to stay - 

    he could see the whole town.

 

My son got tired

    and came home to eat.

He said after lunch

    he had some friends to meet.

 

He met his friends at the park

    and played on the swings.

They made up stories

    of all types of things.

 

First, they imagined

    they went to the moon

And ate huge piles

    of ice cream with a spoon.

 

In their thoughts

    they went to a farm

And played in the loft

    of an old barn.

 

They went to a city

    and climbed a high tower.

They were able to return

    in less than an hour.

 

They lived in the past

    and rode on horseback.

They decided to help build

    the first railroad track.

 

They went to the future

    where cars were like planes

And walking around

    was very, very strange.

 

My son is having fun

    and learning while he plays.

As his dad, I want to be near

    to help him through all his days.