
white canvas
eager to be painted
by footprints of
happy children.
happy children
eager to paint
the white canvas
with strokes of unpredictable lines,
with piles of rolled soft clay,
splattered or stacked,
with tracks up and down,
covering the canvas.
crisp, white canvas
no more.
eager children
painted it happily
with haste, with whimsy,
with smiles and moments
of sheer joy.
-MKM 1/20/19