Chalk It Up

We drew a sun, a cloud, a heart,

Umbrellas and two girls

To dress and decorate with jewels

And hats atop their curls.

Last week our art had fireworks

And flags to celebrate

July the 4^th, with flowers, too

To thus commemorate.

Those chalk designs aren’t meant to last;

The old ones disappeared.

Just one good downpour wipes them out,

I thought, as dark clouds neared.

Our lives are as ephemeral

As chalk-drawn pictures seem.

We make our mark upon the earth

And vanish, like a dream.