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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
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