When My Dad Walks Through the Door....        

When my dad walks through the door...
I feel like my heart is breaking up
Into excited pieces.

My Dad is good at soccer.
He runs really fast like a cheetah.
He loves Guitar Hero.
He always stares at me like I’m a statue.

Together, we will play games with each other
Get really lazy
We will run step by step.

When he leaves, I feel like rain
Dropping from the sky.

 

-- (Andy, 2nd grade, Evanston, IL, 2008)