Threads

Today I looked up



And tilted my head



What did I find?



A single blue thread







I reached up my hand



And closed my fingers around



This soft blue thread,



And brought it to the ground







But this thread didn’t end



It kept coming down



So I pulled and pulled



Until the sky drowned







The cool vivid blues



Turned to warm calm grays



And I kept pulling



The thread all-day







Until it piled ‘round me



And circled where I stood



I wanted to pull the sky down



And if I could



I would







So I kept a pullin’



Till the sky was no more



I had defeated the sky



I had won the war







So I went a yellin’



“I took down the sky!”



But the people around me



Started to cry:







How could you?



You monster.



You took it away!



From these words



I started to sway







“I did it”



I whispered



As tears fell from my eyes



Knees sank to ground



Covered with skies







And I tried to look up



But what did I see?



No sky was there



So I had to agree







It’s my fault



It is



I’ll take the blame



I pulled on the sky



And down it came







Down on the ground



I wiped my face and sighed



It wasn’t enough



But at least I tried