THE GRANDPA PRINCESS

By M. Marie

There was a Grandpa Princess

With ribbons in his beard,

Some might think that’s funny;

Some might think that’s weird.

He was sitting on the couch,

With nothing much to do;

We asked him for a playdate,

He smiled and then we knew

It would be a day of fun;

We’d play a grandpa game,

Pretend he was a princess

With a made-up princess name.

His head was bald and shiny;

We looked until we found

 Brightly colored stickers

For his bald head all around.

We put pink slippers on his ears,

His cane became his wand;

He summoned forth the teddy bears

And even far beyond.

We all stood up to cheer him,

And kissed him on his cheek,

Then he spoke a word to us,

We stopped to hear him speak:

"Always keep love in your heart,

“Show kindness always, too;

“It’s the one way to become

“A princess pure and true!

“It’s not about your dresses,

“Or a crown on your head,

“It’s all about a princess heart,

“The love you show instead.”

We named him Princess Grandpa,

No other name would do,

For all the love he showed us,

He's a princess through and through!