Tug, tug
A tug on my skirt
What’s Beauty?
Love?
Happy?
Good?
I smile and explain with good cheer
and great joy
what these things mean in our world.

Another tug… uncertain this time…
What’s Ugly?
Hate?
Sadness?
Bad?
Sighing, I sit, and prepare to tell
that beauty, love, happy, and good,
are not the only thing in our world.