Riley Sloan
is 9. He loves his family fine.
His family
loves him to the moon, but sadly, lots of times
Riley Sloan
has trouble with a thing or two.
He can’t sit
still or read a book; He can’t yet tie his shoe.
He can’t
control his temper. His frustrations just abound.
He can’t yet
ride his bicycle, And when he falls, he throws it down.
He talks
while others are talking and interrupts their conversations.
He fights
for their attention no matter the occasion.
Riley knows
these things are wrong, but, still he does them all day long.
He tries
like mad to listen and learn from every lesson,
But somehow
things get jumbled up, and piled up, and tumbled up.
And pretty
soon, he’s lost direction, and his mind can’t slow down for reflection.
He’s naughty
a lot and it makes him sad. He doesn’t mean to be so bad.
But Riley
isn’t ghastly. His little mind just goes so fast.
He tries so hard
to slow things down, but his thoughts race and run around
Out of
control despite him trying over and over, he winds up crying
Exhausted
from all the time it takes to do what’s right in each choice he makes.
I can’t
imagine what I’d find if I looked inside of Riley’s mind.
But He loves
to sing and loves to fish and pancakes are his favorite dish!
He can do
other things quite well! Like run, and play, and jump and yell!
He does
great flips on his trampoline, maybe the best you’ve ever seen!
He can run a
mile as fast as light! His heart is big
and his eyes are bright!
He cares
when others are hurt or sad. And he
dearly loves his mom and dad.
Maybe Riley
just needs more time. More time to
learn, more time to find
The
self-control that we all see as something that comes naturally.
And maybe
since we are his safety net, we see when it’s bad as it can get.
And maybe if
we always try to remember as every day goes by
That he’s
the balloon on the wind and wing, and we as his parents are the string.
In keeping
him grounded, we do our best, and hope for him all happiness.
