(For Spring Fling Kidlit Writing Contest 2022)

Breeze is blowing
Now I’m going –
Up this mound
To higher ground.
With painted wing
Tied to a string.
I’ll toss it high
Up to the sky!
Hold that line
then slow… unwind.
Weave and run
Reach for the sun!
Flags flap and flip.
Watch out! Don’t trip!
It drops and dives –
It’s so alive!
It swoops and glides
On windy tides.
Look! That’s new!
Once one, now two.
We greet and smile.
This is a trial –
A test to see
If two can be
A playful pair
Up in the air!
We dive and dart,
First meet then part.
Twisting, curling
Spinning, swirling.
Two kites glide –
They’re side by side.
Soon the breeze
Begins to ease.
So down and down
Kites glide to ground.
When clouds and sun
Call, “Come, have fun!”
When winds are right
Two kites take flight.
When skies are blue
Now me …
and you.