Playtime is Over

It is time to put the toys away

Let us lower the kites from the sky

Banish the dolls to the closet one-by-one

Fish the paper boats out of the water

And anchor them to the soil.

Wait

Why are the marbles still rolling across the floor?

Why are you not returning them to their

pouch?

What do you mean by,

“Inertia is on their side?”

Oh, all right.

I will give you a few more minutes.

Leanne Waverly Sy is a Chinese Filipino writer, Creative Writing student, and avid reader.