Forming a Childhood

A little back story. My grandma turned eighty yesterday. And I wrote this poem for her birthday. When I was four or five she always used to tell me stories about a wizard called Mercury and a fairy called Twinkletoes who would solve all the problems of the animals and children and fairyfolk with a magic computer. And these stories were a very formative part of my childhood. And so I wanted to say thank you for teaching me to be kind and hopeful and optomistic. And for giving me a love of reading.

Forming a Childhood

An idea for a tale arose

Of Mercury and Twinkletoes

A wizard and his friend a fairy

Their solving skills were legendary

They always helped the ones in need

With magic, kindness and good deed

 For though the folk were sometimes sad

They’d turn the sad into a glad

Juno the elephant

What was his goal?

To plunge into a volcano

To rescue a troll

And so I hope you see

How much these stories meant to me

These stories in me sparked a greed

A greed to read and read and read

You planted acceptance in my mind

And taught me always to be kind

To show concern for others

And love the world like brothers

An optimistic stance on life

Will combat all and every strife   

And if it seems I cannot cope

To stop and view the world with hope

So thank you grandma for making me

The person who I grew up to be