I'm listening.

I'm listening to you play,
Playing with words, playing with rhymes,
Breaking the rules and loving it.

I'm listening to you play,
Character voices and expressions,
The story changes at the speed of thought.

Too young to have learnt to be embarrassed,
you throw yourself into the story,
Singing the soundtrack, cracking jokes and laughing at yourself.

I'm listening to you play,
Hoping that you will remember how to,
When you are older and life becomes too real.