On An Island
Being on an island...
What would I need?
Would I need another person?
Would I need an object?
Would I need an animal?
There are so many things I could take.
Being on an island...
I would not take a phone
I would not take a book
I would not take a car or a stuffed bear or my first blankie
I guess I woudn't take an object there.
Being on an island...
I would not take my cat
I would not take an elephant
I would not take a lion or tiger or bear...
although that might make the end of this poem quicker
Being on an island...
I would not take many people
but I would take one.
Not my mom or my dad
not my brother or my favorite tv show character
but my best friend.
Being on an island...
we would build a shack
we would swim all day
and sit around a fire all night.
We would drink coconuts by the ocean
and never worry about what tomorrow may bring.
Being on an island...
we would last a lifetime
whether it's two days
a week
or a hundred years
we would be on the island together
as the two best friends there ever were
On an Island.