Why I exaggerate


I'm the star walking on air

with my 5 legs.

Strolling but slower than a turtle with 2 feet.

Watching above all beneath.

I sing below the melody of

Twinkle Twinkle exaggerating star,

Violet and ebony I soon turn,

blending with things below and high.

When I'm silent you don't see me. Why?

I'm floating above big and small peels

In the water I vanish

 

 
 

--Abdoulaye (4th grade, Evanston, IL, 2008)