Life - 6. Touch the Sky

it touches the sky

it is so big

and the leaves are so green

and when i break them

they give milk like a cow

but you can’t drink it

because my dad says it’s only for the tree.

i want to touch the sky

like it does

but no matter how high i reach

even when i stand on tippytoes

even when i jump as high as i can

and stretch my arms way up

i can’t reach that far

my dad can touch the sky

he is as big as the tree

and his hands are a lot like the leaves

but i can’t break them

because they are strong

a lot stronger than the leaves

and probably stronger than the tree

maybe if I climbed up

on my dad’s shoulders

or if he lifted me up

in his big strong hands

and held me way above his head

and i stretched my arms way up

i could touch the sky

like the tree

like my dad