Up, Up and Away

Up, Up and Away

Up, up and away my beautiful boy,

astounding young and remarkable writer;

 super neat joiner of ‘ch’ to ‘ssh’,

seize the day’s pen even tighter.

Up, up and away, you kisser of dreams,

joyful imagination’s firelighter;

spark your flint on life’s tinderbox,

paint your pictures even lighter.

Up, up and way, you builder of a million

impossible and incredible shapes.

Gaze your azurri flash blue eyes at clay,

sculpt rock into limitless landscapes.

Up, up and away, you voice so sweet,

carve melodies into sky. Clouds will part

to hear in awe your silver tongue

honeybreak ten thousand hearts.

Up, up and away, now besiege the stage,

blind thunderstruck audience with a myriad plays,

turn quick your page, storm life’s fourth wall,

gather happy bouquets from one and all.

Up, up and away, grab and sunclasp the day

hold it dearly, tightly; glitter and shine.

And when at last he sleeps in peace,

leave your grandfather far, far behind.