IN THE BEGINNING...

In the beginning there was me,

there was I,

there were my little brown eyes,

and my

little brown pigtails

and the click-clack-click-clack

click

clack

of my roller skates down the drive.

In the beginning there was me,

there was you,

and your curly beard,

remember?

I used to ask if it was real.

Like maybe you were Santa Claus,

'cause I just knew you were

keeping

a

secret.

In the beginning there was me,

and you

were

my

grandpa

with the "magic rubber folding ears",

and I could almost touch the sky

on your shoulders.

'Cause we all knew

it was just that far away.

In the beginning there was me,

there was I,

there were my little brown eyes,

that

I

shut

so tight,

(be still! be still!)

pretending to still be asleep,

the night I found out

what

your secret

was.