Another child's poem- Elephant

Elephant

O Elephant, Elephant! You giant of Earth

Your step is mighty, enormous your girth.

When you walk with a mighty thud

You are an earthquake that trembles my blood.

O Little one, Little One! That’s your belief.

To myself I’m as light as a leaf.

I skip lightly, dancing the Earth,

Birds circle my ears and my tusks are curved.

A nose like a tongue that I use like a hand,

I can delicately pick, or mightily slam.

I speak in a voice too low for your ears,

But I am singing the song of the spheres.

I am guardian of the Land, my footprints become lakes,

My grandmothers know the paths I must take.   

My memory’s so long I understand death,

And always mourn the last dying breath.

So, Little One, though you think I am massive,

And heavy and craggy like a big cliff,

That little beetle who walks on the ground

Thinks HE is the biggest thing around.