First Day

It was the very first day

Of trying to join in the play

In this challenging game

Intent on reaching an aim

As it had come to my attention

That I had little ambition

For all this involvement

And inadequate word development

It was the very last time

I would play with no rhyme

Would spell words so loosely

And create meaning wantonly

For it has come to be known

That I think I've outgrown,

these indistinct conventions

of grammar and conjugation.

And so let's begin anew

It was the very first dew

And I, with all of us, knew

It would be a stupendous one too