Our Kite

By Celeste Sefranek

On warm summer evenings, when the wind is just right,

Daddy and I like to fly our kite.

We go up on the hill, where there aren’t any trees—

Just Daddy, and I, and the strong summer breeze.

We run into the wind, holding on to the string,

And our kite rises up like a bird on the wing.

Up, up, up it goes, swift and high,

Into the puffy clouds and summer sky.

It rises and soars; it dips and it sways

Up high where the birds and the airplanes play.

And Daddy and I sometimes like to pretend

That we’re riding there, ’way up high on the wind.

When we pull our kite down, we lie on the grass

And look at the white fluffy clouds as they pass.

Then we walk home together, as the day turns to night—

Daddy, and I, and our wonderful kite.

Illustrated by Allen Eitzen