Afraid of Words?

Don't be afraid of words.
All they want is to be heard
and remembered.
They want to wrap their little arms
and legs around you in a hug;
to hear you with their tiny ears;
to wag their tails as you speak them
and dance across pages with you
as you learn, leaving punctuation
marks scattered.
They long to meet your eye
and share their magic secrets,
as fast or slow as you like.
They are happy to be upside down,
back to front and jumbled,
scrambled and tumbled
across a page,
getting bigger and bigger or
smaller and smaller as you go.
They love to be written in the air
and spotted everywhere.
Parents and teachers can tell you
all about grammar, phonics, rhyme
and writing on the line.
But those little letters
don't really care.
They're just happy squiggles
to have you there,
spending time together,
whatever the weather.
So make time every day
in a lovely lettery way
for fun, funny, fantastic
and friendly word play.