When Grandchildren Come To Play

May 21, 2011


When Grandchildren Come To Play

There’s only two that will ever do

when grandchildren come to play.

There’s a box of blocks and a basket of balls

for entertainment all the day.

There are big and wide blocks, round and lean-

blue and red blocks,

yellow ones and green.

The ones that are the biggest make

walls of houses sound.

The ones that make the people

are little ones and round.

(Sometimes the towers grow and grow

until they tumble down.)

And then the basket filled with balls

is picked up for some fun,

and out roll many, many of them

as if they like to run.

We have red ones, orange ones,

stripes and solids too.  

There are hand-sized ones and tiny ones,

plus a huge one that is blue.

They bounce and roll and hide under chairs,

and are always fun to throw downstairs.

I only know I don’t have to go

for other toys at all,

For all it takes for fun and games

are just these blocks and balls.