2 Brown Leaves
The neverending chorus of shrieks
Pierced my ears
Left a headache
The worst hour of the week.
The crying was worse
Caused by anything
Too tired or untied shoes
Parents yelling ‘honey what hurts’.
The fighting went on for forever
Jealousy over a pretty pink ball
And just like that
A friendship was severed.
Words were indecipherable
Complete nonsense
Having to just nod and smile
The gibberish made me miserable.
10 little monsters calling me coach
And an array of parents
Expecting a teenage girl
To have a daycare-like approach.
One day a 5 year old demon
Handed to me
His ‘2 favorite leaves’
To ‘cheer me up’ was his only reason.
He then said
To pass them along
When I’m all cheered up
And someone else is upset.
I began to look past the crying and screaming
To hear all the giggles
And for the first time
I was left beaming.
Moments after a fight
I watched two kids hug each other for no reason
The ease of creating friendship
Became a common sight.
When listening more carefully
To the nonsense babble
I could hear that their stories
Were just spoken excitedly.
365 days is much time to achieve
A gradual change
But my respect for kids
Only needed a gift of 2 brown leaves.