The Thing

She was outside when she found it.
It was hiding behind a bush.
"What are you?" She said in something of a hush.
"I am Thing," It said, in kind of a rush.

"Are you big?  Are you small?" She said in an echo.
"Well," it said with a pause, "I could be a gecko.
But if you consider the snail,
I'm much smaller that.
However, I am much larger than the blue whale."

"How can that be?  That's not possible!"  She said without grace.
"I can assure you, it's all very true.
I am even larger than space.

The little girl rubbed her eyes;
She could not believe the surprise.
It was both big and little in size.
"How can this be?" She said with some glee.
It took off its own hat,
And with a smile said,
"I am your revelry."

Be whom (or whatever) you are,
For that is the only thing you can be!

Love,

- Roy Edward Power

24 December 2016.   For my niece Nola on Christmas