Fun On A Rather Blustery Day

Last Tuesday was a gorgeous day--sunny, but cool and very, very windy. After dropping my mom, sister, and her kids off at the airport for their trip back to Texas, I returned home feeling a little sad and very unmotivated to do what needed to be done. Fortunately, my sister-in-law Margie rescued me from my melancholy by inviting us on a spontaneous kite-flying expedition at a local park. We had a blast trying to get the kites up in the air and watching them bob and weave in the wind.

I'm up here.

You're down there.

And nothing in that space between us

But a mile of air.

Where I sail:

Clouds pass.

Where you run:

Green grass.

Where I float:

Birds sing.

One thin thing there is

That holds us close together:

Kite string.

--Karla Kuskin