writer. maker.
He has been drawing,
drawing, drawing, this Sam.
He is obsessive, like his father,
he does not give up.
He cries when I draw the wings
of his dragon too small.
He draws beautiful things:
Monsters,
houses hiding
behind trees full of leaves,
Pirates,
a Daddy with a generous beard.
We go out for an hour,
and he says to me quietly
‘I want to do some drawing’.
Elisabeth Pike is a writer and designer. Voice at the Window, a collection of 100 gratitude poems written during lockdown is out now. Circles: Nurture and Grow your Creative Gift was released in April 2019. Her prints and books are available at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleBirdEditions. She lives in Shropshire with her husband and four children. View more posts
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