Crayons - from 2002 7/26/13

Written in 2002, and dedicated to anyone, parent or teacher, that gives of themselves to children.

Crayons

 

Can a crayon stay sharp?

Can a child keep them nice?

No.

Children eat crayons.

Children break crayons.

Some children are crayon-peelers.

Children color so hard that the crayon-tip becomes rounded and the crayon makes that sticky noise against the paper.

When the crayons start life, they live and fit in their box. When crayons meet children, they lose their balance, flopping around the box, stumbling and hurting themselves.

The longer crayons know the children, the more frayed and smooth they become.

The happiest crayons in the world are half the size they used to be, naked, and living in a commune in a Cool Whip tub.

We could learn a lot from these happy crayons. The reason they’re happy is because they have left a part of themselves behind with every child they’ve touched.