A Toddler, Piper Hobbling Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

A toddler, piper hobbling
merrily
Over
The town
Alone went he
Piping low
Vibrations just
Not silence to humans break
But ah!
That was enough
To thrill
Hedgehogs, insects, toads,
Rats, cats, goblins, dogs and all
All
After him to tread
The earth with flying soles
And wide eared of smiles
And feet that hurried fly
Under the smiling sky.
Of night
That night.
And
All of out the city went
To another distant land
Where peace is as the day
And no war even night
But peace and quiet all
Places and times and chimes
So
The wise band
That night
And
All of out the city went
To another distant land