A Talk With Grandpa

A Talk with Grandpa I sat with grandpa by the creek one lazy day in June. We talked about so many things— The sun, the stars, the moon. He caught for me this funny thing, a “mudpuppy”, he said. It was all wet and had four feet, Red gills around it`s head. And then he told me something at the time that I thought wild; He said that I would be someone Once grown-up, not a child. He said I could do anything I set my mind to do, That he knew I would do great things— His heart felt it was true. It`s funny how a simple talk stirs something deep inside. And I, just as a little girl Sensed love he could not hide. And though he has been gone for years, I still can hear those words Of talk we shared alone that day With nature, and the birds.