Puddle Pirates

Puddle Pirates

Tiny toes in rubber boots,

Stomping puddles, chasing hoots.

Suns like coins, they toss and gleam,

Sparkling pirates, in a watery dream.

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Sticks for swords, they raise them high,

Sailing seas of stormy sky.

Paper boats, with crayon sails,

Conquering waves on raindrop trails.

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Soaked and giggling, cheeks like mud,

Shrieks of joy, misunderstood.

Puddles shrink, the sunbeams fade,

But pirate hearts will never be afraid.

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For in their eyes, the ocean roars,

And puddles whisper tales of shores.

So let them splash, let dreams take flight,

These little pirates, in the morning light.