#FWF Free Write Friday; Welcome to Kindergarten
Since I was late last week posting my Free Write Friday contribution this one has come rather quickly. Kellie Elmore welcomes her readers and contributors back to Free Write Friday with an invitation for a trip! This one may be the shortest of mine and perhaps the shortest of anyone who contributes their story. For my kindergarten experience was a very, I mean VERY, short experience. Of course, if I decide to write it poetically, it just may take more than a line or two. Here goes my story. . .
#FWF Free Write FridayLet’s go on a little trip…to your first day of school!
Going to school…
What an exciting thought
A new box of crayons
Mama smilingly bought
All giddy and excited
Hair braided, not curled
A cute little sundress
Mama carefully unfurled
Daddy was off to work
As the normal rule
For he was principal
Of the elementary school
That made education
A must in our house
Being a good girl
Quiet as a mouse
Mama took me by the hand
Led me to the car
It was only a few blocks
See, not very far
We drove along the road
I smiled the whole while
Thinking the entire time
This is the longest mile
She stopped at the curb
Hugged me tight as could be
Told me to be good
Said she’d see me at three
Don’t remember what took place
That made me so sad
I cried and I cried
All the tears I had
Standing on the sidewalk
When Mama appeared
Face red and swollen
I had nothing to be cheered
She hugged me tight
Tight as could be
With tears in her eyes
She fell to her knee
I’ll never forget
The sadness in her face
As she vowed I would never
Go back to that place
©2012
catnipoflife
What memory do you have of your first day in kindergarten?
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